Learn more

Egypt’s Faisal Street in western Cairo witnessed a security crackdown late on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday after an LED screen located on top of a local burger restaurant had displayed doctored videos and pictures of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi involving offensive comments on him. An unknown number of citizens were detained as security forces were deployed in and around the long street, cordoning off side roads in and around it, also known as the Faisal neighbourhood, located some kilometres away from the famous Pyramids of Giza, according to the Egyptian Network for Human Rights…