Imprisoned Students In Egypt Struggle To Complete Their Degrees

By Amr EL-Tohamy. At eight o’clock in the morning, modestly dressed in a white jilbab and headscarf, 26-year-old Alaa Nasr leaves her cell in Qanatir Women’s Prison, north of Cairo, with four of her fellow prisoners. They head to a police station an hour and a half away to sit for their university exams. More...