Omar Robert Hamilton explains how he mixed fact and fiction to describe the counterrevolution in Egypt that has ensnared his cousin, Alaa Abd El Fattah.
The jingoistic fairy tale that casts the U.S. as defender of freedom and democracy in the world is an obvious farce.
Supporting savage dictators is not new for the United States. Trump just makes it harder to hide.
Egypt's newspapers unite to demand the removal of the interior minister over the arrest of two journalists during a raid on the press union's headquarters.
With Facebook now closely monitored in Egypt, activists have been learning to use the encrypted messaging app Signal to communicate on the streets.
Protesters returned to Egypt's streets on Friday, using slogans from the 2011 revolt to voice their discontent with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
A student attending flight school makes a hostile comment on social media that prompts an investigation by the Secret Service and his detention by immigration authorities.
"The more the regime bleeds popularity," Egyptian reporter Hossam Bahgat says, "the more they look for dissidents to scapegoat."
As Gen. Sisi's tyranny worsens, U.S. support increases, because support for despotism is a staple of U.S. foreign policy. Still, a video celebrating this support is unusually honest though warped.