The eyes of the world are on Egypt this week, with the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking up position at the Sharm el-Sheikh city hotel. But while Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi positions himself as a green leader, one of his country’s leading activists is likely to be on the verge of death.
Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been on hunger strike for more than two hundred days to protest his imprisonment. But on Sunday – the first day of COP27 – he also stopped drinking water. Will the foreign network do something to save it?
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This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Alexandra Locke and Negin Owliaei. Ruthrough Zaman reviewed this episode. Our production team includes Amy Walters, Alexandra Locke, Chloe K. Li, Ashish Malhotra, Negin Owliaei and our host Halla Mohieddeen. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our participation producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s chief audio officer.
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