Egyptian journalist and writer, focusing on culture and women rights.
Latest stories
Letters across the water: “Stories” of a family that could be ours
Culture_
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.
‘21 days to justice’: How Egypt’s law fails abused wives
Society_
When the law stays silent, injustice speaks loudest. In Egypt, survivors like Asmaa face broken systems and archaic laws that protect abusers more than the abused.
