From the chill with Israel to the Mecca pact it did not join, Egypt has hedged across rival camps. Sources describe a policy that is risk-averse and reluctant to take center stage.
Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir defends mega-project debts by pointing to localized manufacturing. But can domestic train production truly offset billions in external debt?
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.
Long before technical fixes, Egypt’s cotton boom broke natural nutrient cycles, plunging fields into disease and forcing decades of grueling hand labor on rural children.
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
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.
Resistance begins with individual acts that grow into secret cells and small armies. Yet every militia model eventually reaches a peak where it must fight or fracture.
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.
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.