Tech giants are eyeing Egypt for massive data centers. But as Chile’s experience shows, hosting them drains scarce water and energy while yielding meager economic returns.
As summer 2026 ends, Ras El-Bar’s days as a working-class resort may be numbered. As rents climb and luxury compounds rise, families are being squeezed into a single day by the sea
Behind frozen greens in Israeli markets lies a 650% surge in Egyptian exporters: a vast network stretching from hidden Delta hamlets to active shipping lanes.
Recent Gulf deals have revived fears over Egyptian sovereignty, but the true risks lie in financial and regulatory details rather than loss of territory.
Surrounded by barbed wire and settlement outposts, one family in Al-Mughayyir stands firm against an escalating campaign to push Palestinians off their land.
Abu Bakr Shawky’s “Stories” traces one Egyptian family from 1967 to 1984, tracking love, war, prices and Zamalek in a slow, aching portrait of ordinary survival.
As Egypt’s crisis deepens, illness is being redistributed by class: the poor vanish from hospitals and statistics, while the newly poor fill “free” clinics that no longer are.
Technologically speaking, the internet could easily stream the World Cup to everyone at once. Broadcasters make sure it doesn't — and piracy fills the gap, at a price of its own.
Egypt is drafting a bill on children's social media use; the real test is whether it disciplines platforms or entrenches mass surveillance capabilities.