Mostafa Bassiouny

An association of the keyboard

Viewpoints_

Egypt’s 1986 railway strike offers digital journalists a vital lesson: organize from below to secure labour rights rather than waiting for legal reform.

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 5-10-2026

An association of the keyboard

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

Politics_

Thirteen years after June 30, leftist lawyer Khaled Ali revisits the ‘third current’ that rejected both Brotherhood and military rule, and warns Egypt is nearing a new explosion.

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 7-7-2026

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

Politics_

Thirteen years on, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a senior National Salvation Front figure reflects on Morsi’s removal, Rabaa’s bloodshed, and all what happened after

Dina Samak_ 1-7-2026

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

Remembering Nabil El-Hilali.. The reluctant hero of the Egyptian left

Politics_

Twenty years on, much has changed, but it’s clear El-Hilali lived and died on his own terms, true to the choices he made, simply as “Comrade Ahmed.”

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 21-6-2026

Remembering Nabil El-Hilali.. The reluctant hero of the Egyptian left

Gen Z & the Revolution| Speak, and be seen

On the fifteenth anniversary of the revolution, after listening to one another for a long time and taking turns indulging in nostalgia, we chose to listen to the future.

01/28/2026 - 17:50

Gen Z & the Revolution| Speak, and be seen

Inside the shattered village of Kafr El-Sanabsa, beyond the microbus crash

Society_

They left at dawn chasing a day’s wage—and came back in coffins. In Kafr El-Sanabsa, 18 girls died on the road. Their families want more than condolences. They want justice.

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 8-7-2025

Inside the shattered village of Kafr El-Sanabsa, beyond the microbus crash

Interview| “If I die, keep fighting!”: Laila Soueif, the mother who won’t back down

Politics_

“Carry on if something happens to me before Alaa is released. Let your small fight continue until Alaa walks free, and your greater fight until they all walk free.”

Mohamed El Kholy_ 22-5-2025

Interview| “If I die, keep fighting!”: Laila Soueif, the mother who won’t back down

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An association of the keyboard

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

Remembering Nabil El-Hilali.. The reluctant hero of the Egyptian left

Gen Z & the Revolution| Speak, and be seen

Inside the shattered village of Kafr El-Sanabsa, beyond the microbus crash

Interview| “If I die, keep fighting!”: Laila Soueif, the mother who won’t back down