Journalist Islam Al
ElRaghi’s arrest came after he publicly criticized the head of a local administrative unit for the accumulation of garbage and the deteriorating state of services in several villages, including his own—Al-Hawrani, in Faraskur Center. In a Facebook post published on May 3, 2024, in the group Meet al-Shiyoukh, Al-Raghi called on Minister of Local Development Manal Al-Awadi to intervene, citing residents’ complaints that garbage had not been removed from main and side streets for over 15 days amid extreme heat.
