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The last working-class summer in the mediterranean city of Ras El-Bar

As summer 2026 ends, Ras El-Bar’s days as a working-class resort may be numbered. As rents climb and luxury compounds rise, families are being squeezed into a single day by the sea

Saher Ahmad_

The last working-class summer in the mediterranean city of Ras El-Bar

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80% reform, zero preparation: The Baccalaureate cohort dilemma

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Egypt rolled out its new Baccalaureate curriculum just 23 days before the school year began. Teachers and students say they still aren’t ready for it.

Nadia Mabrouk_

80% reform, zero preparation: The Baccalaureate cohort dilemma

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

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From Israeli border restrictions to bombed distribution points, the journey of humanitarian aid across the Gaza Strip leaves thousands of unlisted families competing for survival.

Salem Elrayyes_

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

Sedition à la carte| How the faithful come to believe

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Why did thousands embrace the Tayyibat diet? Beneath the viral craze lies a survival strategy of selective belief, birthed by skyrocketing medical costs and neglect.

Saker El Nour_

Sedition à la carte| How the faithful come to believe

Sedition à la carte| How one half-truth launched a movement

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The state’s closure of Al Awady’s clinic ironized his movement, turning a medical suspension into absolute proof for followers that he was a martyr fighting a corrupt system.

Saker El Nour_

Sedition à la carte| How one half-truth launched a movement

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

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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_

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

Luxury jabs: The cost of immunity in a two-tiered childhood

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Beyond Egypt’s mandatory pediatric schedule lies a costly, parallel tier of supplemental vaccines that effectively turns infant immunity into a commodity for the affluent.

Sara El-Hareth_

Luxury jabs: The cost of immunity in a two-tiered childhood

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

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From severed USAID lifelines to "political punishment" for Gaza advocacy, Egypt’s civil society is struggling to survive a radical shift in the global support map.

Doaa Emam_

Aid vs. empowerment: The economic siege on feminist advocacy

Sent abroad, then shut out

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Thousands of Egyptian women built their families' futures on Gulf wages. Now, a sweeping Ministry of Labor ban has pulled the floor from under them.

Fatehy Eldabae_

Sent abroad, then shut out

Quotas and quietude: Why Egypt’s labor market is failing women

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From symbolic leadership to precarious, unprotected labor, Egypt’s gender gap is widening. Forces of exclusion continue to drive women from the workforce at an alarming rate.

Lobna Darwish_

Quotas and quietude: Why Egypt’s labor market is failing women

The solace of love-making in war

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Intimacy is a space no wider than two shoulders, yet more expansive than cities lost to grief. It is the only place left to bury the world’s relentless cruelty.

Mariana Samy_

The solace of love-making in war

Egypt's cold sweep on refugees

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Intensified security operations impose a new rhythm on refugees’ lives in Egypt. What were once intermittent campaigns have become a near-daily reality.

Doaa Emam_

Egypt's cold sweep on refugees

The Price of Hope: Egg Freezing in Egypt

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Egg freezing in Egypt offers hope at a high price. As demand rises, limited regulation and soaring costs turn reproductive choice into a luxury few can afford.

Mahitab Abdel Fattah_

The Price of Hope: Egg Freezing in Egypt

Stacked odds: The predatory pandemic of online gambling

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"The casino is in your pocket." An investigation into the algorithm-driven apps and underground crypto-networks fueling Egypt’s invisible online gambling epidemic.

Eslam Gaber_

Stacked odds: The predatory pandemic of online gambling

A lifeline on hold: Christian women’s legal limbo

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For Christian women in Egypt, domestic violence, enforced silence and a stalled personal status law form a single system that traps them in abusive marriages.

Tina Hamed_

A lifeline on hold: Christian women’s legal limbo

When sound breaks the bones of Gaza’s fragile patients

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For Gaza’s brittle bone patients, war turns sound into a threat, as explosions, displacement and shortages make survival a daily struggle for children and adults alike.

Ebtesam Mahdy_

When sound breaks the bones of Gaza’s fragile patients

The legal loophole making a million Egyptian child brides

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Over 900,000 Egyptian girls were married as children in just 11 years. Legal loopholes, ‘ratification contracts’ and custom keep turning childhood into wedlock.

Yousef Okail_

The legal loophole making a million Egyptian child brides