Five men jumped out and took me to a nearby police station. Egypt is suspicious of foreign reporters and intolerant of negative news. Journalists have become used to being pulled aside to explain themselves. However, as a precaution, I sent colleagues the name of the police station. My business in the café had been unremarkable: an interview with a penniless man whose nephew, a teenage migrant, had probably drowned at sea trying to get…

Source: The Times March 24, 2018 00:00 UTC