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Viewpoints_ Egypt’s descent into Bikini Bottom

Hoda Fayek_ 30-8-2026

Egypt’s descent into Bikini Bottom

Politics_ Testing the R-4 in Istanbul: Egypt’s room to maneuver after the Mecca Pact

Samar El-Gamal_ 31-8-2026

Testing the R-4 in Istanbul: Egypt’s room to maneuver after the Mecca Pact
Politics_

From Egyptian small farms, to Israeli tables

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.

Yousef Okail_ 27-8-2026

From Egyptian small farms, to Israeli tables

Politics_ Explainer| What changes for refugees as Egypt’s new asylum system takes effect

Ahmed Dahaby_ 25-8-2026

Explainer| What changes for refugees as Egypt’s new asylum system takes effect

Society_ Rent, reputation, and the right to exist: A single woman’s search for housing in Cairo

Mahitab Abdel Fattah_ 23-8-2026

Rent, reputation, and the right to exist: A single woman’s search for housing in Cairo

News_

Low salaries, financial hardship drive Egyptian national wrestlers to flee

Low salaries, financial hardship drive Egyptian national wrestlers to flee

US Treasury threatens secondary sanctions after Banque Misr UAE action

US Treasury threatens secondary sanctions after Banque Misr UAE action

El-Hamra Port in Alamein fitted to re-export Emirati crude to Europe

El-Hamra Port in Alamein fitted to re-export Emirati crude to Europe

Rights campaign demands truth for 410+ forcibly disappeared Egyptians

Rights campaign demands truth for 410+ forcibly disappeared Egyptians

Politics_

The Road to Wady El-Mullak: Eighteen children died in the dust. Then the politicians arrived

Yousef Okail_ 17-8-2026

The Road to Wady El-Mullak: Eighteen children died in the dust. Then the politicians arrived

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

Dina Samak_ 4-8-2026

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

What a $20,000 drone revealed about Egypt’s air defenses

A drone strike on Damietta port tests Egypt’s air defenses. Experts say it’s no failure, but a warning about how cheap, low-flying drones are changing the threat.

Ahmed Albordeny_ 2-8-2026

What a $20,000 drone revealed about Egypt’s air defenses

Urban & Economy_

A new stab at an old problem: Can Egypt solve its industrial land shortage?

Hager Atteya_ 19-8-2026

A new stab at an old problem: Can Egypt solve its industrial land shortage?

Fare hikes without brakes: Runaway debt derails Egypt’s railway reform

Mounting debt service and rising fuel costs have pushed Egyptian National Railways back into the loss cycle, erasing a brief 2025 surplus and triggering fresh ticket price hikes.

Mohamed Ismail_ 13-8-2026

Fare hikes without brakes: Runaway debt derails Egypt’s railway reform

The ‘new’ North Coast: Exclusion comes home to roost

Amr Adly_ 5-8-2026

The ‘new’ North Coast: Exclusion comes home to roost

Society_

6:00 am Gaza time: The long road to aid that never comes

From Israeli border restrictions to bombed distribution points, the journey of humanitarian aid across the Gaza Strip leaves thousands of unlisted families competing for survival.

Salem Elrayyes_ 18-8-2026

6:00 am Gaza time: The long road to aid that never comes

Sedition à la carte| How the faithful come to believe

Saker El Nour_ 16-8-2026

Sedition à la carte| How the faithful come to believe

Sedition à la carte| How one half-truth launched a movement

Saker El Nour_ 26-7-2026

Sedition à la carte| How one half-truth launched a movement

Culture_

Letters across the water: “Stories” of a family that could be ours

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.

Fatma El-Zahraa Badawy_ 12-8-2026

Letters across the water: “Stories” of a family that could be ours

Translating the Arabic novel: Distorting our literature, diminishing our voice

Weak and selective translations of Arabic literature can distort its richness, marginalize its global presence and reinforce Western stereotypes of Arab society.

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 26-5-2026

Translating the Arabic novel: Distorting our literature, diminishing our voice

Viewpoints_

On Nubian memory, constitutional promises, and the right of return

From the 1902 dam heightening to forgotten constitutional promises in 2026, a Nubian advocate reflects on displacement, legal betrayal, and the struggle for the right of return.

Fatmeh Emam Sakory_ 11-8-2026

On Nubian memory, constitutional promises, and the right of return

Why Iran remains the prime suspect in the Damietta attack

Khaled Dawoud_ 10-8-2026

Why Iran remains the prime suspect in the Damietta attack

Ceuta’s ‘invasion’: The war’s North African front

Basel Ramsis_ 5-8-2026

Ceuta’s ‘invasion’: The war’s North African front

Science & Technology_

The peephole economy: Monopoly’s grip on World Cup broadcasting

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.

Mohammad El-Taher_ 19-7-2026

The peephole economy: Monopoly’s grip on World Cup broadcasting

Not so PG: The biometric trap in Egypt’s Child Protection Law

Egypt is drafting a bill on children's social media use; the real test is whether it disciplines platforms or entrenches mass surveillance capabilities.

Mohammad El-Taher_ 1-6-2026

Not so PG: The biometric trap in Egypt’s Child Protection Law
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