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This piece was originally published by CS Monitor. – – – As night falls over Moqattam, the Cairo neighborhood that houses the headquarters of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, a small group stands in the sea of traffic, clutching homemade banners bearing a single word: “Rebel.” A steady stream of taxis and microbuses stops to greet them and each driver is handed a petition, one of millions that have been being distributed across the country over the past months that call on Egyptians to push against […]

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This piece was first published on the BBC News website. It was reproduced in Arabic by Shorouk. – – – There have been allegations that officials at Cairo’s Zeinhom mortuary have been doctoring autopsy reports to cover up suspicious deaths, despite claims from the country’s police force that it no longer shoots protesters. The stench is the first thing that hits you as you enter Cairo’s Zeinhom mortuary. The air, already thick with the stifling heat of the day, fills with the […]

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In this essay for BBC Radio 4′s From Our Own Correspondent, I discuss the resource crisis plaguing Egypt’s morgues and forensic facilities, and its heartbreaking implications for those who visit. The audio begins at 16:45.

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