Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaa Abdel Fattah embraces his mother, writer Laila Soueif, left, and his sister Sanaa Seif at home in Cairo after his release ...

"I cannot believe myself for sure, I cannot yet comprehend that this is real, and that Alaa is with us. I cannot believe that I'm seeing him here at home among us normally. I guess it will feel more ...

CAIRO (AP) — The downtown Cairo apartment of Alaa Abd el-Fattah was filled with laughter and joy Tuesday as family and friends gathered to absorb the long-awaited news: the pro-democracy ...

Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, speaks to his family as he arrives at his home, after a presidential pardon, in Cairo ...

The Egyptian-British journalist and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is freed by presidential pardon after nearly six years in prison, while 19 other journalists remain jailed under Egypt's press crackdown.