For several years he was Egypt correspondent for the British Guardian newspaper, covering the final stages of the Mubarak regime and the country’s subsequent revolutionary unrest. He has also reported from across the globe, producing stories on Gaza, South Africa, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent; in 2012, his exposé on the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean was awarded “News Story of the Year” at the One World Media Awards. His first book, exploring the politics of resistance in Egypt, will be published by Penguin and Allen Lane next year.