Al Manassa | A People's Narrative

Society_ Why haven’t America’s Copts reached the US Congress?

Ishak Ibrahim_ 12-11-2026

Why haven’t America’s Copts reached the US Congress?

Culture_

“Divine Thing”: Pregnancy without sex, reading without dopamine

A pregnancy without sex opens one man’s senses to the world and makes his body the object of global and local powers in Muhammad Abdelnabi’s “Divine Thing.”

Ahmed Naji_ 12-11-2026

“Divine Thing”: Pregnancy without sex, reading without dopamine

Politics_

Interview| Journalists Syndicate Head Khaled Elbalshy: “Freedom is a bread-and-butter issue”

The head of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate reflects on mass arrests, the fight for a minimum wage and why standing your ground means accepting negotiation as a fate

Dina Samak_ 11-11-2026

Interview| Journalists Syndicate Head Khaled Elbalshy: “Freedom is a bread-and-butter issue”

Viewpoints_ Editorial| A specter looms over Egypt’s independent media

Al Manassa_ 29-10-2026

Editorial| A specter looms over Egypt’s independent media

Viewpoints_ What remains of January 2011 in the Mada Masr newsroom

Mohammad El-Taher_ 10-11-2026

What remains of January 2011 in the Mada Masr newsroom

News_

Egypt revokes citizenship of brothers behind Hague embassy protests

Egypt revokes citizenship of brothers behind Hague embassy protests

Israeli strike kills 6, destroys Gaza's Nasser Hospital surgery department

Israeli strike kills 6, destroys Gaza's Nasser Hospital surgery department

Abela Egypt offers to manage Talgo and VIP trains for 50% of revenue

Abela Egypt offers to manage Talgo and VIP trains for 50% of revenue

Lina Attalah’s retrial adjourned as defense seeks judge’s recusal

Lina Attalah’s retrial adjourned as defense seeks judge’s recusal

Politics_

Extraordinary times: Lina Attalah’s first day in court

Gasser El-Dabea_ 5-11-2026

Extraordinary times: Lina Attalah’s first day in court

In Egypt, news websites wait years for licenses. Then come the prosecutions

Mona Mohamed_ 2-11-2026

In Egypt, news websites wait years for licenses. Then come the prosecutions

Alternative for Israel? Reading the narrow daylight in Israel’s next election

Polls show a tight deadlock between Netanyahu’s alliance and a disparate opposition, leaving Arab parties and Haredi conscription fights as potential coalition kingmakers.

Hussein Baoumi_ 27-10-2026

Alternative for Israel? Reading the narrow daylight in Israel’s next election

Urban & Economy_

How a decade of IMF reform crumbled Egypt’s food subsidy system

Ten years of IMF programs have quietly dismantled Egypt’s food subsidies, replacing social protection with cash attrition, commercialization, and targeted exclusion.

Salima Allam_ 8-11-2026

How a decade of IMF reform crumbled Egypt’s food subsidy system

Egypt’s private sector dominates the economy but cannot drive growth

Amr Adly_ 5-11-2026

Egypt’s private sector dominates the economy but cannot drive growth

What have we gained from localizing transport?

Mohamed Ismail_ 6-10-2026

What have we gained from localizing transport?

Society_

Let go in Kuwait: Egyptian teachers on a knife-edge

Basant Adel_ 28-10-2026

Let go in Kuwait: Egyptian teachers on a knife-edge

Foundling children: Born in shame to die in silence

Nermeen Khafagui_ 21-10-2026

Foundling children: Born in shame to die in silence

The last working-class summer in the mediterranean city of Ras El-Bar

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

Saher Ahmad_ 24-9-2026

The last working-class summer in the mediterranean city of Ras El-Bar

Culture_

Why do Arabs flagellate themselves over the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 26-10-2026

Why do Arabs flagellate themselves over the Nobel Prize in Literature?

“Palestine 36”: A palatable struggle against an unspoken enemy

Basel Ramsis_ 27-9-2026

“Palestine 36”: A palatable struggle against an unspoken enemy

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

Viewpoints_

Why Egypt failed with Nasser and why it continues to fail without him

An unsparing diagnosis of Egypt’s chronic stagnation, its Mamluk-Ottoman slumber, and the authoritarian psychology that derailed its modernization.

Bahey Eldin Hassan_ 4-11-2026

Why Egypt failed with Nasser and why it continues to fail without him

Egypt 2030 and the route to succession

Tamer Abu Arab_ 1-11-2026

Egypt 2030 and the route to succession

Beyond El-Sisi, what Brazil and Chile teach Egypt about transition

Mohamed El-Agati_ 29-10-2026

Beyond El-Sisi, what Brazil and Chile teach Egypt about transition

Science & Technology_

Egypt’s data center gamble: AI powerhouse or power drain?

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.

Amr Adly_ 1-10-2026

Egypt’s data center gamble: AI powerhouse or power drain?

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