Al Manassa | A People's Narrative

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

Salem Elrayyes_ 18-8-2026

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

Politics_

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

Systemic neglect meets political theater in Wady El-Mullak, where roads are only paved and bridges built when officials arrive to mourn the 18 young workers they failed to protect

Yousef Okail_ 17-8-2026

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

Society_ 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

Urban & Economy_

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

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

Fatma El-Zahraa Badawy_ 12-8-2026

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

News_

Hamas conditions ‘weapons handover’ to NCAG on Israeli ceasefire compliance

Hamas conditions ‘weapons handover’ to NCAG on Israeli ceasefire compliance

After the Damietta attack, Ministry of Transport plans EGP 7B tugboat deal

After the Damietta attack, Ministry of Transport plans EGP 7B tugboat deal

Umrah meal mandate piles costs on Egyptian pilgrims, agencies warn of strain

Umrah meal mandate piles costs on Egyptian pilgrims, agencies warn of strain

Mostaqbal Misr to offer 477 Red Sea plots, seeks $40B

Mostaqbal Misr to offer 477 Red Sea plots, seeks $40B

Politics_

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

Ahmed Albordeny_ 2-8-2026

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

The Taliban’s Brussels bargain: Trading normalization for deportation

The Brussels visit reveals how deportation and border control have become leverage, allowing de facto authorities like the Taliban to trade cooperation for recognition.

Hussein Baoumi_ 30-7-2026

The Taliban’s Brussels bargain: Trading normalization for deportation

Urban & Economy_

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

Amr Adly_ 5-8-2026

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

Explainer| Why Egypt’s central bank is tightening its grip on securitization bonds

Hager Atteya_ 29-7-2026

Explainer| Why Egypt’s central bank is tightening its grip on securitization bonds

Cotton Specters| Agriculture and the making of Egyptian dependency

Integrating into global value chains extracted billions of labor-hours and cubic meters of water from Egypt, cementing a deep, historic pattern of structural unequal exchange.

Osama Diab_ 27-7-2026

Cotton Specters| Agriculture and the making of Egyptian dependency

Society_

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

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

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

Doaa Emam_ 8-6-2026

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

Culture_

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

Ahmed Naji_ 25-6-2026

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

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

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