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On August 4, a hacker created a post on Reddit announcing that s/he had stolen 40 gigabytes of data from Gamma International, a United Kingdom-based...

In a wrenching piece entitled, “I watched Libya seize its freedom. Now I have to flee its new chaos,” Chris Stephen, The Guardian’s Libya correspondent,...

At least 15 people have been killed in Libya since Sunday, seven of them in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Rival armed groups have fought for control of Tripoli...

Writing for the Middle East Research and Information Project, Vickie Langohr discusses the Egyptian government’s stated commitment to prosecute perpetrators...

On June 1, Al-Watan leaked a tender released by Egypt’s Interior Ministry. The tender called for software companies to submit proposals for a surveillance...

The El Nadim Center has released a compilation of letters written by Egyptian prisoners in the past year. The letters, which were written by prominent...

Sexual assault is all too common in Egypt, particularly within large, celebratory gatherings. In an article for The New York Times, David D. Kirkpatrick and...

On May 22, Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Morocco has taken “great strides toward the better promotion and protection of...

In “Egypt’s New Strongman, Sisi Knows Best,” David D. Kirkpatrick provides an in depth profile of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Voting in Egypt’s presidential...

El Mahrousa Center for Socioeconomic Development (MCSD) recently released a report documenting the number and type of organized labor actions that occurred in...

In an article for the Atlantic Council titled, “The Battle Behind Campus Walls,” Eric Knecht discusses the relationship between Egyptian universities and...

In a new report published by The Atlantic Council, Jason Pack, Karim Mezran and Mohamed Eljarh argue that Libya’s ills can be attributed to the...

On April 28 683 Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced to death by the same judge who sentenced 529 Brotherhood supporters to death in March. In an article...

In an article titled “The Devoted Guardians of Algerian’s Power”, which was published prior to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s unsurprising...

A new report by Human Rights Watch documents the grave effects Algeria’s 2012 Law on Association has had on civil society in the country. The law, once...

Members of Tunisia's Amazigh community hold the Amazigh flag and the Tunisian flag. (Photo Credit: Tunisia-Live) Mark Freeman and Seth Kaplan write that...

In a March 14 piece for Al-Monitor, Hala al-Youssoufi discusses the role the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has played in Tunisian politics since 1978....

On March 3, a frail-looking Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria's current president, announced his candidacy for the April 17 presidential election, in one of his...

Abdellatif Hammouchi (Photo Credit: Telquel) Recently, a diplomatic row erupted between Morocco and France, two countries that typically maintain close...

Three years after the February 17th revolution, Libya is still plagued by myriad problems. Both 2013 and early 2014 have witnessed a slow deterioration both in...