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The chimera of global recognition and the reality of Arab literary decay

Independent publishers aren't distorting Arabic literature, they're finding its most daring work. The real distortion happens before translation, in what Arab writing has become.

Ahmed Naji_ 25-6-2026

The chimera of global recognition and the reality of Arab literary decay

Viewpoints_ In Iran, what comes after victory?

Amr Adly_ 22-6-2026

In Iran, what comes after victory?

Politics_ From Gandhi to Modi: How India abandoned Palestine

Tamer Alhelaly_ 23-6-2026

From Gandhi to Modi: How India abandoned Palestine
Society_

In the hands of butchers: Egypt’s obstetric violence crisis

While medical institutions treat maternal pain as ordinary, experts warn that the lack of legal criminalization leaves the poorest women exposed to severe institutional trauma.

Rahma Samy_ 24-6-2026

In the hands of butchers: Egypt’s obstetric violence crisis

Urban & Economy_ Why did remittances from Egyptians abroad rise during the war?

Hager Atteya_ 21-6-2026

Why did remittances from Egyptians abroad rise during the war?

News_

Government cuts fertilizer export duties by half

Government cuts fertilizer export duties by half

No buyers, no problem: Government to repurpose Downtown ministry buildings

No buyers, no problem: Government to repurpose Downtown ministry buildings

Trump seeks billions for Iran war as Senate backs away from limiting his powers

Trump seeks billions for Iran war as Senate backs away from limiting his powers

IRGC rejects Hormuz ‘temporary maritime corridor’, demands coordination with Iran

IRGC rejects Hormuz ‘temporary maritime corridor’, demands coordination with Iran

Politics_

The Civil Democratic Movement: Egypt’s opposition coalition faces its reckoning

Gasser El-Dabea_ 15-6-2026

The Civil Democratic Movement: Egypt’s opposition coalition faces its reckoning

Nick Oberheiden: Trump’s handler gets US embassy in Cairo

No diplomatic experience, no foreign affairs background, and no public record before arriving in America. What he has, however, is Trump’s ear. Now he represents the US in Egypt.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 14-6-2026

Nick Oberheiden: Trump’s handler gets US embassy in Cairo

Interview| Ramy Shaath: In France, human rights end where Palestine begins

Ahmed Dahaby_ 4-6-2026

Interview| Ramy Shaath: In France, human rights end where Palestine begins

Urban & Economy_

The structural trap of credit-fueled consumption

Amr Adly_ 11-6-2026

The structural trap of credit-fueled consumption

Saddling the South: The IMF and the perverse logic of exogenous sacrifices

Osama Diab_ 31-5-2026

Saddling the South: The IMF and the perverse logic of exogenous sacrifices

War clouds Egypt’s interest-rate path

Egypt’s central bank is expected to hold rates as war-driven price pressures complicate its easing plans and raise the risk of tighter policy later this year.

Hager Atteya_ 21-5-2026

War clouds Egypt’s interest-rate path

Society_

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

Doaa Emam_ 8-6-2026

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

Lurking white probes: Migrant women & obstetric violence in France

Sarah Eldaly_ 25-5-2026

Lurking white probes: Migrant women & obstetric violence in France

The unholy ghost of civil marriage: Unresolved crises in the Christian Family Law

Beneath the veneer of "expanded dialogue," a new Christian Family Law moves through Parliament. Will it shatter the legal stalemate or merely reinforce clerical control?

Mariana Samy_ 14-5-2026

The unholy ghost of civil marriage: Unresolved crises in the Christian Family Law

Culture_

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

The halos and horrors of silver screen motherhood

Aliaa Talaat_ 30-3-2026

The halos and horrors of silver screen motherhood

“One More Show”: Seven madmen save the world

Nahed Nasr_ 5-1-2026

“One More Show”: Seven madmen save the world

Viewpoints_

The curse of the Arab Spring haunting us in Egypt and Tunisia

Basel Ramsis_ 17-6-2026

The curse of the Arab Spring haunting us in Egypt and Tunisia

Encoding injustice: Egypt’s structural engineering of labor precarity

Ishak Ibrahim_ 16-6-2026

Encoding injustice: Egypt’s structural engineering of labor precarity

Jackals and Jackasses: A Gulf Story

It is not condescension; it is contempt. A searing critique of how Gulf “cultural specificity” is routinely weaponized to normalize racism, tribalism, and the kafala system.

Ahmed Naji_ 30-5-2026

Jackals and Jackasses: A Gulf Story

Science & Technology_

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

War in the age of AI slop

Khaled Mansour_ 5-4-2026

War in the age of AI slop

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

Al Manassa_ 18-1-2026

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord
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