Earlier this month, Abdel Nasser Salamah, the former editor-in-chief of Cairo’s renowned al-Ahram newspaper, was arrested for posting an open letter on Facebook urging President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to resign and face charges for relinquishing Egypt’s rights to the Nile River. The case is an apt example of why dissent in Egypt has become so rare […]
Why Egyptians Don’t Dissent
Public criticism of the government is rare and can even be dangerous.
