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Viewpoints_ The signposts to safety for a prudent autocrat

Tamer Abu Arab_ 4-12-2025

The signposts to safety for a prudent autocrat
Politics_

Engineered Collapse: The final effort to polish Egypt’s parliamentary vote fails

Annulled districts, clashing narratives, and rare court rulings expose fractures in the political engineering behind Egypt’s 2025 parliament and raise doubts over its legitimacy.

Mohamed Napolion_ 4-12-2025

Engineered Collapse: The final effort to polish Egypt’s parliamentary vote fails

Viewpoints_ Abdelaty not jailed for quacking like a duck

Ahmed Naji_ 3-12-2025

Abdelaty not jailed for quacking like a duck
Urban & Economy_

Container wars: Can Egypt’s state operators compete with global port giants?

State container terminals face mounting pressure as global shipping giants expand their hold on Egypt’s ports, challenging public operators.

Mohamed Ismail_ 2-12-2025

Container wars: Can Egypt’s state operators compete with global port giants?

Viewpoints_ Workers' Strikes: A rehearsal for a social explosion waiting in the wings

Hesham Fouad_ 1-12-2025

Workers' Strikes: A rehearsal for a social explosion waiting in the wings

News_

US pushes El-Sisi–Netanyahu meeting to deepen interdependence

US pushes El-Sisi–Netanyahu meeting to deepen interdependence

Egypt partners Honeywell to make jet fuel from cooking oil

Egypt partners Honeywell to make jet fuel from cooking oil

Israel will retain "sovereign power" from the river to the sea, Netanyahu repeats

Israel will retain "sovereign power" from the river to the sea, Netanyahu repeats

Egypt fast-tracks 11 state company sales for IMF funds

Egypt fast-tracks 11 state company sales for IMF funds

Politics_

Water workers raise their voices, but is the state listening?

Cairo drinking water workers lead rare, organized protests over wages, delayed bonuses, and job insecurity, exposing how austerity and soaring prices are eroding daily life.

Ahmed Khalifa_ 1-12-2025

Water workers raise their voices, but is the state listening?

The Empire's Vizier: Epstein and the new Middle East

Nihal Salama_ 27-11-2025

The Empire's Vizier: Epstein and the new Middle East

Election rigged by bribery, no matter the president’s shout

Mohamed Napolion_ 25-11-2025

Election rigged by bribery, no matter the president’s shout

Urban & Economy_

Unemployment may be falling, but labor market tells a deeper story

Mohamed Gad_ 16-11-2025

Unemployment may be falling, but labor market tells a deeper story

Evicted by inflation: The rising cost of renting in Egypt’s working-class districts

Laila El-Abd_ 12-11-2025

Evicted by inflation: The rising cost of renting in Egypt’s working-class districts

Will GEM deliver the promised tourism boom?

The Grand Egyptian Museum marks a milestone for Egypt’s tourism, but without broader development, it risks becoming another fragile pillar of an uneven economy.

Amr Adly_ 10-11-2025

Will GEM deliver the promised tourism boom?

Society_

Male deacons only: Conservative voices silence women in the church

A bishop’s attempt to revive women deaconesses in the Coptic Church sparks a conservative backlash that exposes deeper battles over authority and reform.

Mariana Samy_ 24-11-2025

Male deacons only: Conservative voices silence women in the church

The olive trees of the West Bank cried too

Ansar Atmeizeh_ 17-11-2025

The olive trees of the West Bank cried too

For Gazans in Egypt the road home is paved with pain

Ahmed Albordeny_ 26-10-2025

For Gazans in Egypt the road home is paved with pain

Culture_

“Palestinian on the Road”: A road trip after Jesus

Saad El-Qersh_ 30-11-2025

“Palestinian on the Road”: A road trip after Jesus

Interview| Monica Hanna: Confronting Afrocentrism through research, not racism

Mohamed Qundeel_ 26-11-2025

Interview| Monica Hanna: Confronting Afrocentrism through research, not racism

Ancient Khemites: Museums and the making of modern Egyptian identity

Egypt’s ancient past, once a symbol of colonial possession, transforms into a source of national renewal and a cornerstone of modern Egyptian identity.

Fayrouz Karawya_ 4-11-2025

Ancient Khemites: Museums and the making of modern Egyptian identity

Viewpoints_

Bassem Youssef: The jester with neither illusions nor a cape

Yes, Bassem Youssef is an aragouz—one who opens his audience’s eyes to the crimes of other clowns: talentless, banal, and with blood on their hands.

Basel Ramsis_ 29-11-2025

Bassem Youssef: The jester with neither illusions nor a cape

“It has reached me”: Decrypting the riddles of the president’s statement

A rare presidential statement on election violations triggered infighting among pro-regime parties and revived doubts about the vote and the political path ahead.

Khaled Dawoud_ 26-11-2025

“It has reached me”: Decrypting the riddles of the president’s statement

Science & Technology_

The Banned Gas: Methyl bromide is still flooding Egypt's farmland

Despite a ban, Egypt imports thousands of tons of methyl bromide. Farmers use it widely, risking health and the ozone layer.

Ibrahim Atallah_ 11-9-2025

The Banned Gas: Methyl bromide is still flooding Egypt's farmland

Unreal art, real consequences: When imagination meets institutional fear

Mohammad El-Taher_ 8-9-2025

Unreal art, real consequences: When imagination meets institutional fear

Not everybody is ready for the fall of the AI house of cards

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_ 26-8-2025

Not everybody is ready for the fall of the AI house of cards
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