Sharif Abdel Kouddous
 

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in Cairo. He is a correspondent for Democracy Now!, a fellow at the Nation Institute and a member of the media collective Mosireen. read more
اقرأها بالعربية
 
Opinion
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
City Limits of the Dead
Our bodies are never safe from the people who rule this place. Not in life, not even in death.
21 July 2020
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Insist on justice for Alaa and Mahienour
Alaa and Mahienour are awaiting court verdicts in separate cases on December 30
26 December 2017
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
What Standing Rock can tell Tahrir
Maybe the Standing Rock victory is the pattern of the world: Moments of beauty that cannot last
2 January 2017
 
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features
obituaries • 12 min read
Hossam Shabat’s last article
Hossam Shabat and Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Hours before he was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his car, journalist Hossam Shabat wrote
25 March 2025
United States • 19 min read
From Tel Aviv to Jeddah, Biden tour relaunches US Middle East policy but faces region beset by division
Daniel O'Connell, Ehsan Salah, Najih Dawoud and Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Biden has pledged to reassert US influence in the Middle East.
15 July 2022
human trafficking • 8 min read
The Facebook Papers: Saudi and Egyptian companies involved in domestic worker trafficking network
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Facebook platforms were being used by a Saudi recruitment agency to facilitate labor trafficking.
29 November 2021
Egypt-US relations • 34 min read
Amid human rights and foreign policy concerns, Egypt scrambling to reinforce US ties under Biden
Ehsan Salah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Foreign Ministry officials prepared a series of proposals intended to maintain the relationship.
8 February 2021
climate change • 21 min read
Mike Davis on pandemics, super-capitalism and the struggles of tomorrow
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | What are the political, economic and environmental structures that paved the way for this outbreak?
30 March 2020
COVID-19 • 11 min read
After years of siege and war, Gaza ill-equipped to handle coronavirus outbreak
Sharif Abdel Kouddous | Gaza is one of the world’s most densely populated areas making proper quarantine a daunting prospect
28 March 2020
 
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News
activist detentions • 7 min read
European Parliament adopts resolution condemning human rights violations in Egypt
13 December 2018
 
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