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A parliament defined by invalidity

A parliament born in doubt cannot govern with legitimacy. How flawed elections, political money, and force have hollowed out representation in Egypt.

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 15-12-2025

A parliament defined by invalidity

The signposts to safety for a prudent autocrat

Egypt’s road to stability cannot be built on fear and one voice. A warning against false assurances of order and a call for genuine reform and real dialogue.

Tamer Abu Arab_ 4-12-2025

The signposts to safety for a prudent autocrat

Abdelaty not jailed for quacking like a duck

Abdelaty’s imprisonment reveals how fear—not morality—drives state censorship, silencing expression and pushing creators into exile.

Ahmed Naji_ 3-12-2025

Abdelaty not jailed for quacking like a duck

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It's time to free the judiciary from the shackles of election supervision

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Judicial supervision was sold as the safeguard of Egypt’s elections. Today, it stands exposed as a scapegoat for deeper structural flaws, and a system long engineered for control.

Mohamed Bassal_ 25-11-2025

It's time to free the judiciary from the shackles of election supervision

Egyptian Workarounds| Outsmart, adapt, survive, repeat

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Egyptians have long used clever workarounds to resist hardship and power—crafting quiet, everyday acts of defiance that stretch from ancient history to today.

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 19-11-2025

Egyptian Workarounds| Outsmart, adapt, survive, repeat

Reproducing Mubarak’s last parliament

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Egypt’s new parliament vote revives Mubarak-era fusion of money and power, sidelining voters and opposition and risking another shock born of rigged politics.

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 18-11-2025

Reproducing Mubarak’s last parliament

The pink card is gone, but so are the voters

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Reform promised inclusion. Instead, Egypt’s elections became quieter, narrower, and emptier—proof that monopoly needs no “pink card” to endure.

Mohamed Bassal_ 11-11-2025

The pink card is gone, but so are the voters

Migration as an act of resistance

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Migration is more than a problem it is an anti-colonial act that challenges global inequalities and reclaims justice for the peoples of the Global South.

Sherif Azer_ 6-11-2025

Migration as an act of resistance

The Nobel Prize for ‘Peace Through Force,’ the Western way

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The Nobel Peace Prize now honors “peace through force,” reflecting Western power more than justice, with Machado’s win spotlighting this shift.

Cara Burdon_ 28-10-2025

The Nobel Prize for ‘Peace Through Force,’ the Western way

It is mismanagement that floods the Nile

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Sudan treats the Nile flood as climate and dam-driven; Egypt frames it as politics. In both, farmers bear the cost of mismanaged waters.

Saker El Nour_ 23-10-2025

It is mismanagement that floods the Nile

Raouf Mosaad sets out on his final journey, Salam!

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Remembering Raouf Mosaad — the Egyptian writer who turned exile, dissent, and desire into art, making literature his lifelong act of freedom.

Al Manassa_ 22-10-2025

Raouf Mosaad sets out on his final journey, Salam!

Sectarian zeal recycled: Branding Christians as Zionists

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A rising wave of criticism paints Egyptian Christians as Zionists, but such claims echo sectarian logic and ignore a long history of Christian anti-Zionism.

Ishak Ibrahim_ 20-10-2025

Sectarian zeal recycled: Branding Christians as Zionists

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Questions without answers

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As Gaza falls silent after war, a journalist walks through ruins and unanswered questions, searching for meaning in survival.

Salem Elrayyes_ 15-10-2025

Gaza Journalist Diaries| Questions without answers

Farewell, Mekkawy

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Ahmed Mekkawy, a pioneering Egyptian tech and digital rights advocate, is remembered for his generosity, activism, and lasting impact on open knowledge and technology.

Al Manassa_ 14-10-2025

Farewell, Mekkawy

Remembering a Massacre| Maspero as I witnessed it

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An eyewitness recalls the night of the Maspero massacre—texts, panic, and the chilling realization of what happens when the army turns its guns on citizens.

Mohamed Naeem_ 9-10-2025

Remembering a Massacre| Maspero as I witnessed it

Will Israel end the same way as Apartheid?

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Israel’s war on Gaza is fueling growing global isolation, with rising calls for sanctions that echo South Africa’s apartheid-era experience.

Amr Adly_ 7-10-2025

Will Israel end the same way as Apartheid?

The autumn of Camp David

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Camp David’s promises of peace and prosperity are fading as Sinai faces new threats and Israel asserts dominance. Egypt must prepare for what comes after.

Mohamed Naeem_ 30-9-2025

The autumn of Camp David

A belated awakening on the brink of disaster

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Egypt’s belated recognition of Israel as an enduring threat sparks debate over peace, complacency, and national security.

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 29-9-2025

A belated awakening on the brink of disaster

To Palestine| Sailing through fear, carried by hope

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As the Sumud Flotilla nears Gaza, Basel Ramsis writes of fear, resolve, and a global movement sailing not just toward Palestine—but against silence, siege, and surrender.

Basel Ramsis_ 27-9-2025

To Palestine| Sailing through fear, carried by hope

To Palestine| From boats of death to boats against death

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The Senegalese migrant Serigne Mbayé Diouf joins the Global Sumud Flotilla, risking his life in a boat again, this time to stand with Palestinians in Gaza.

Basel Ramsis_ 23-9-2025

To Palestine| From boats of death to boats against death

The summit that whispered while Gaza burns

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As Netanyahu escalates and Washington shields him, the Doha Summit offers rhetoric but stalls on action. Can the Arab world afford another missed moment?

Mohamed Bassal_ 21-9-2025

The summit that whispered while Gaza burns

To Palestine| Fear, resistance, and a Catalana named Carol

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It’s not my knowledge of the Arab-Israeli conflict, or of the Palestinian cause or even the latest news from Gaza that gives me a sense of purpose right now.

Basel Ramsis_ 17-9-2025

To Palestine| Fear, resistance, and a Catalana named Carol

Egypt must prepare for Israeli recklessness

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Egypt must take seriously the risk of renewed Israeli aggression, avoid denial, and prepare for conflict that could prove long, bitter, and existential.

Mohamed Naeem_ 16-9-2025

Egypt must prepare for Israeli recklessness