The singer-songwriter was declared winner of Nobel Prize for Literature. But his close ties with Israel, a routine abuser of human rights, are not as well known as his lyrics.
Mohamed Bouazizi's death may have been a catalyst for the Arab Spring, but it was a solitary act against oppression - and the revolutions that followed had been brewing for years.
Abdel Meguid Mahmoud was a Mubarak man, and remained prosecutor-general after the revolution.
His decisions helped his former president to escape prosecution for the deaths of protesters in 2011.
Freedom and liberation were not just themes of Ashour's work, but principles she lived by. One of Egypt's most esteemed literary figures has died, following a remarkable career as an academic, activist and novelist.
Freedom and liberation were not just themes of Ashour's work, but principles she lived by. One of Egypt's most esteemed literary figures has died, following a remarkable career as an academic, activist and novelist.
