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Alaa Abdel Fattah’s pardon: a relief that raises bigger questions about Egypt’s politics President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to pardon the prominent British‑Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah after six years behind bars marked an emotional turning point for a generation of Egyptians who once filled Tahrir Square with hope. But the gesture — long demanded by rights groups and the British government — offers relief more than resolution, and leaves unanswered questions about rule of law, diplomacy and the costs of…

The young Sudanese activist Alaa Salah has become an icon of protest in her country with her revolutionary songs. Today she tells about her experience during the uprising in a book written by Martin Roux entitled Le chant de la revolte, published by Favre. In 2019, Alaa Salah, then a 23-year-old architecture student, participated in the demonstrations in her own way. Lying on the roof of a car, all…

The Tunisian revolution is ten years old. On December 17, 2010, the deterrence of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, so the voluntary electric shock five days later by another young person from the region, Houcine Neji, saw the triggers for what we would call the Tunisian revolution, which deposed Ben Ali from on 14 January 2011. Alaa Talbi, originally from the region and Director of the Tunisian Economic and Social Rights Forum, answers questions from our Tunisian correspondent, Michel Picard. .