“When I told I must forget my name, and accept the NUMBER 99 my prison ID, would be my new identity! As an Egyptian journalist, I witnessed the struggles of my fellow citizens Therefore, It was clear to me that silence was not an option”

Speaking Truth to Power in Sisi’s Egypt

The night I was abducted on the street in Cairo by the unforgiving hands of Egypt’s security forces, I was handcuffed, blindfolded and told I must forget my name.