Since 2006, every regime that has come to power in Egypt has tried to silence Alaa Abd el-Fattah – but he will not give up. As the planet heats, our natural world is rapidly changing. Seven leading ...

Late on Tuesday night, Laila Soueif's sister, the novelist Ahdaf Soueif, posted a photo showing her sitting up in a hospital bed next to her daughter, Mona Seif. "Just left Laila and Mona in St Thomas ...

One of the Arab world’s most acclaimed authors, it was Soueif’s reporting on the Egyptian revolution that inspired her most recent book, The Map of Love.

Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed Egyptian British author and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has been hospitalized in London after nearly 150 days on hunger strike. The 68-year-old human rights ...

Late on Tuesday night, Laila Soueif's sister, the novelist Ahdaf Soueif, posted a photo showing her sitting up in a hospital bed next to her daughter, Mona Seif. "Just left Laila and Mona in St ...