Hussein Baoumi

Sep 18, 2024 | euobserver.com | Hussein Baoumi

When I started as a researcher with Amnesty International in 2017, I had just moved to Tunisia, a country that had inspired and given hope to millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa for its transformation after the Arab Spring protests. Tunisia’s story contrasted sharply to Egypt, where I witnessed firsthand how rule of law backsliding under a repressive government devastates almost every aspect of life.

Sep 16, 2024 | timep.org | Hussein Baoumi |Ibrahim Ezzeldin |Zeead Yaghi |Sahar Mechmech

In March 2024, European leaders traveled to Cairo to announce a $8.2 billion deal to bolster Egypt’s economy, marking a “golden age” for relations between the bloc and the North African nation, according to the EU’s neighborhood commissioner. The deal involved the EU providing Cairo with loans and grants to support the economy, along with inviting European investments to the country.

Aug 1, 2024 | timep.org | Ibrahim Ezzeldin |Zeead Yaghi |Hussein Baoumi

It only took a few hours for bulldozers to turn the homes in Ein El-Seirah, a poor neighborhood in southern Cairo, into rubble. Along the roadside, women stood holding their children’s hands, helpless, as a dealer haggled with some residents over the purchase of their discarded furniture at a pittance.

Jul 1, 2024 | euronews.com | Hussein Baoumi

As EU leaders are giving a further €7.4 billion in aid and loans to Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, they should ask themselves a question: what do the owner of Egypt’s largest dairy products and juice producer, Egypt’s former top auditor and anti-corruption official and a dozen peaceful protesters holding up a sign saying “you made us hungry, Sisi”, have in common? The answer is that all have been imprisoned merely for disagreeing with the Egyptian government’s economic policies.