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*Rahmân ve Rahîm olan Allah'ın adıyla*Hamd Allah'a mahsustur. Salât ve selâm, Allah'ın Rasûlü Muhammed b. Abdullah'a, âline, ashabına, onu dost edinip hidayetine tâbi olanların üzerine hesap gününe kadar olsun."Eğer Allah'ın, insanların bir kısmı ile diğer kısmını engellemesi olmasaydı yeryüzünde düzen bozulurdu. Fakat Allah'ın âlemler için büyük lütufları vardır"

28 December 2025Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This  incident constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese law and of Lebanon’s international obligations and reveals a dangerous pattern of transnational repression, in which political complicity enables the transfer of dissidents

The British newspaper The Guardian has published an extensive report on November 1, 2025, covering the case of Egyptian-Turkish poet and writer Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has been detained in the United Arab Emirates for nearly a year due to a social media post.According to the report, Qaradawi’s legal representatives have submitted a formal complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture,

The American newspaper The New York Times revealed in an extensive report that Egyptian-Turkish poet and dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been held in the United Arab Emirates for more than seven months, after being extradited by Lebanese authorities in January 2025, following videos he posted criticizing the negative role of some Arab states in Syria.The newspaper reported that al-Qaradawi

Amnesty International has urged the immediate release of Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance since January 8, 2025, following his extradition from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Rights groups have described the case as a clear act of transnational repression.Al-Qaradawi was arrested by Lebanese security forces on December 28,

CAIRO, EGYPT—In December, 2024, 54-year-old Egyptian-Turkish poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi traveled to Syria to celebrate the collapse of the Assad regime at the hands of opposition fighters that month.Standing outside the Umayyad mosque in Damascus wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, Al-Qaradawi filmed a short video in which he said: “We pray that the Syrian people and

London: Lawyers representing Egyptian poet and activist Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi, who is reportedly being held in solitary confinement without charge in the United Arab Emirates for more than 100 days, have filed a legal challenge in the United Kingdom against the Emirati authorities.The lawsuit was filed last Friday on behalf of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi, a fierce critic of the Egyptian government who

Mr. David Lammy, UK Foreign SecretaryMs. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyHonorable Officials,We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern and urgently call for your intervention to end the arbitrary detention of the renowned poet and democracy advocate, Abdul Rahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who was forcibly deported to the United

The European Parliament Hosts Dr. Moataz Al-Fegiri to Discuss Transnational Repression and the Case of Poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf Al-QaradawiIn a special session held during the European Parliament events, Dr. Moataz Al-Fegiri, Vice President of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and Head of the Egyptian Platform for Human Rights, appeared to address crucial human rights issues. During the session,

CAIRO: The Arab Network for Human Rights Information denounced the banning of poet and member of Egypt’s writers union Abdel Rahman Youssef from traveling outside Egypt by security officials without citing any reasons, in a Wednesday statement. Youssef was on his way to New York to hold the first of several seminars in different states, which he had already announced prior. He was thus surprised

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf 's website was penetrated today by some professional hackers which led to a complete shutdown of the website for several hours. It was clear that the hackers were attempting to destroy the website's video library, which includes a large collection of Yusuf's poem that he recited on different occasions, including political meetings in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates

Poet Abdul Rahm?n Yousef participated in “Resistant Poetry” festival held by the Journalists Syndicate under the sponsorship of Liberties Committee on Thursday, February 5th, 2009… A large number of Egyptian poets took part in the festival; among them were Sayed Hij?b, Al Sheikh Amin el Deeb, Gam?l Bekheet, Samir Abd el B?qi, Zein el Abedeen Fou?d… The poet recited two of his poems entitled

Poet Abdul Rahm?n Yusuf joined the celebration of Gaza victory against the Israeli brutal aggression which was held in the Journalists Syndicate in Cairo under sponsorship of “Raising the Siege” Committee in cooperation with Liberties Committee. The poet recited his poem “We’re All Under the Siege”…

Poet Abdul Rahm?n Yusuf joined the people of (Alexandria) in their huge celebration of Gaza victory. The celebration entitled “Gaza…The Symbol of Victories” was held in the Lawyers Syndicate Club in (Alexandria) under sponsorship of the Shari’a (Islamic Law) Committee. The poet recited his poem “Kullun? Taht Al His?r” (We’re All Under the Siege); the audience interacted greatly with

Poet Abdul Rahm?n Yusuf joined the people of Housh Eissa city in (Beheira) governorate last Friday, January 16, 2009 in a huge march of about 10,000 citizens. The protesters marched through the streets of Housh Eissa repeating chants condemning the Israeli brutal aggression against Gaza and denouncing Arab silence.  Abdul Rahm?n’s voice joined the angry crowds with his poem “Kullun?

Today, November 30, 2008 witnessed the publication of poet Abdul Rahm?n’s seventh collection entitled “Improvised Sorrow ” The poems of “Improvised Sorrow ” collection tackle thorny issues, some of which are: torture in prisons, unemployment, government oppression against the weak, sectarian strife…etc.

Poet Abdul Rahm?n Yousef participated in the huge public celebration organized by the Islamic Resistance in the Lebanese city, Sour; the celebration entitled “Martyr’s Day” was held in celebration of the memory of the martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance against the brutal enemy, Israel… The poet recited his new poem “Min Shorfaty Fil Q?hira” (From My Balcony in Cairo) which met great

Approaching its fourth year, the website of Poet Abdul rahman Yusuf exceeds the number of one million visitors. The website includes: • The poet’s collections,  • The poet’s news,  • A video library including video-recordings of poems, • An album of the poet’s photos in different occasions and with main figures of literature, thought and politics;  •

Poet Abdel Rahman Yousef joined the youth of “April 6th Youth Movement” in celebrating their first coordinating conference that took place in the Journalists Syndicate under sponsorship of the Liberties Committee on Saturday 28th of June, 2008. The poet started his speech expressing his wish that all efforts would come together in order to bridge the communication gap that exists between the

Egyptian poet Abdel Rahman Youssef participated in the “Egyptians against exporting gas to Israel” conference, which took place in the lawyers’ Syndicate Club in Alexandria on Friday, June 27th, 2008.  The poet recited many poems that truly moved the attendees. Many of the poet’s fans were keen to get his signature  on his poetic collections at the end of the conference. The

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf 's office was robbed during the weekend (Thursday and Friday, March 20th - 21st 2008) The robbers stole the hard drives of all computers in the office and all doents in addition to a few poetic collections. Yusuf reported the incident to Nasr City police station the same day he discovered the robbery. When asked about who he accuses of the robbery, Yusuf accused

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf participated in a ceremony at the Egyptian press syndicate to mark the memorial of the late revolutionary Che Guevara, who was assassinated by the American intelligence (CIA). Among the attendees were Angel Dalmo Fernandez , the Cuban ambassador in Cairo, Shawki Massoud the former Egyptian ambassador in Cuba, Farida el nakash  the editor in chief of "Alahali"

On the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the qana massacre, which took place during the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.  Lebanon's Hezbollah hosts a conference at the southern Lebanese city of Qana on July 29th 2007. The speakers included key figures of the resistance movement, including Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf  , the author of the poetic collection "writing the history of tomorrow" The

The Arab scientific publishers hosted a poetic evening by Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf as a part of "al maaref" 2nd Arab book fair which was held in Beirut’s southern suburb. The poet recited some of his poem, which dealt with the July 2006 war on Lebanon and was included in his latest poetic collection "writing the history of Lebanon". Afterwards, Yusuf signed his collection to readers

On April 4th , 2007 the Yemeni cultural center in Cairo hosted a poetic evening by Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf. The evening was attended by an audience from all ages and different Arab countries, including the famous Palestinian poet Haron Hashim Rasheed who is known as "the poet of the Palestinian resistance" and was met by a huge welcome from Yusuf and the audience. Yusuf recited some

The coalition of "artists and writers against amendments" made a seminar in the coastal city of Alexandria at the lawyers syndicate there. This seminar is supposed to be the first in a series seminars that will follow  in different Egyptian governorates, in which Egyptian artists and writers will have their say in the constitutional amendments. Poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf participated in the

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf invites you to watch the new program "beyond the truth" which he will be hosting with Hala Mansour.  The program will be broadcasted through the new channel "Aljazeera doentary" which will start broadcasting on January 1st 2007 The program will be shown on a weekly basis

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf was the guest of Almanar TV daily program "sabah el manar". Yusuf spoke about Egyptians’ admiration of Lebanon's Hezbollah and its leader said Hassan Nasrallah He also talked about his visit to Lebanon right after the 2006 war. Yusuf also recited his poem "writing the history of tomorrow"  His new video clip "playing hide and seek in Qana" was shown

Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf sixth poetic collection "writing the history of tomorrow" is now available in stores You can now read some extracts from the collection through the following link