Halem Henish

Samah Abdel Gawad* did not expect her journey of surviving the raging war in Khartoum would lead her to a different kind of fear in Cairo. Samah sought refuge in Egypt mid-2023, after the armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces destroyed her life and that of her children. Her journey to Egypt was fraught with peril.

Egypt is set to hold elections for its House of Representatives on November 10 and 11, 2025, following last August’s Senate elections, in a political environment tightly managed by security agencies. These elections are significant for their timing: they will be the last elections before the end of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s in 2030.

Read the Arabic version here. In an expeditious move, without meaningfully consulting stakeholders or civil society, its first-ever asylum law. The legislation drew widespread backlash, with critics warning it could jeopardize the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. At least 22 Egyptian and international human rights organizations have voiced strong opposition to the law in its current form.