The Washington Times

Egyptians, mostly ultraconservative protesters, shout slogans in
front of the state security headquarters in Cairo on May 2, 2013.

The secretary-general of Egypt's Islamic Jihad Party said that it’s OK to kill Christians because they threw the first punch.

Foreign Policy

Egyptian officials have made a habit of saying one thing in English and something very different to their constituents in Arabic.

The Egyptian government is promoting a new blog showcasing the work of the Egyptian Foreign Policy Forum, a state-sponsored think tank. But the target audience isn't just Egyptians -- the first few posts indicate that officials are looking for an audience abroad as much as at home.

New York Times

Freedom House: In Egypt the media environment declined and is now described as unfree.

Bassem Youssef, a popular television host in Egypt, entering the
state prosecutor’s office in Cairo, March 31, after being accused
of insulting Islam and the country’s leader.

Despite the upheavals of what was optimistically termed the Arab Spring, much of the Middle East still suffers a deficit of press freedom as turmoil continues to unsettle the region.

New York Times

President Mohamed Morsi has remained silent about the future of the family planning programs put in place by the government of former President Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian women talked with a volunteer at a health clinic in Cairo
about contraceptive options.

In fact, officials have avoided public discussion about population and dropped the awareness campaigns of the past, in an early indication of how the Islamist leadership is approaching social policy in the most populous Arab state.

Washington Post

Egypt is one of fifteen “tier 1″ nations, have committed “particularly severe” violations that are “systemic, ongoing and egregious.”

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a report highlighting those it calls the worst violators of religious freedom in the world.

Washington Post

After Egypt’s presidential elections last summer, the Obama administration adopted a pragmatic policy toward the new Muslim Brotherhood-led government.

New York Times

CAIRO — The Egyptian government’s failure to revive the country’s ailing economy is likely to be a defining issue in parliamentary elections expected to begin in October.

The Brookings Institution

The Egyptian economy is unlikely to collapse suddenly. However, in the absence of a serious macroeconomic stabilization program it will continue to deteriorate gradually, with low growth and increasing unemployment and inflation.