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Urban & Economy_

Egypt is no longer my mother!

This isn't a call for despair but an invitation to rethink our approach. We need to adopt radical solutions like redefining our relationship with the global financial system

Mohamed Gad_ 26-4-2025

Egypt is no longer my mother!

Politics_ Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

Mohamed El Kholy_ 26-4-2025

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

Politics_ Al-Golani, from Al-Qaeda’s cloak to Zelenskyy’s shirt

Mohamed Khayyal_ 29-4-2025

Al-Golani, from Al-Qaeda’s cloak to Zelenskyy’s shirt

Science & Technology_

Plastic fishing: Fishermen turn to recycling for income

Master fisherman Arafa Gaber now sails the Nile in a boat made from recycled plastic to fish for both fish and plastic waste that decreases fish stocks.

Mohamed Awad_ 13-4-2025

Plastic fishing: Fishermen turn to recycling for income

NewsBrief|
Egypt rejects U.S. Suez request amid EU migration row and legal reform backlash

Wednesday 30 April 2025 PM

El-Sisi rejects Trump requests on Houthis, Suez Canal passage: WSJ
Rights groups warn against EU plan to label Egypt ‘safe origin’
Rights group urges El-Sisi to block criminal law overhaul as unconstitutional
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Egypt rejects U.S. Suez request amid EU migration row and legal reform backlash

News_

Gold demand in Egypt declines amid soaring prices

Gold demand in Egypt declines amid soaring prices

El-Sisi rejects Trump requests on Houthis, Suez Canal passage: WSJ

El-Sisi rejects Trump requests on Houthis, Suez Canal passage: WSJ

Rights group urges El-Sisi to block criminal law overhaul as unconstitutional

Rights group urges El-Sisi to block criminal law overhaul as unconstitutional

Rights groups warn against EU plan to label Egypt ‘safe origin’

Rights groups warn against EU plan to label Egypt ‘safe origin’

Politics_

Jordan, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood: A fractured alliance

Since Jordan closed Hamas’ offices in Amman in 1999, its relationship with the Brotherhood and Hamas has been a tangled web of tension, mistrust, and shifting power.

Abdelmoneim Mahmoud_ 30-4-2025

Jordan, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood: A fractured alliance

Parliament Diaries| The dented victory of the medical liability law

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 22-4-2025

Parliament Diaries| The dented victory of the medical liability law

Student, professor, lover, and mother: The many faces of Laila Soueif

Mohamed El Kholy_ 13-4-2025

Student, professor, lover, and mother: The many faces of Laila Soueif

Urban & Economy_

Land for dollars: The Gulf’s quiet conquest of the region’s economies

From Ras El-Hekma to Syria’s Gulf pivot, a new regional order is taking shape as oil-importing states restructure their economies to attract Gulf capital.

Osama Diab_ 22-4-2025

Land for dollars: The Gulf’s quiet conquest of the region’s economies

Trump's 'crazy' trade war: The theory behind the fury

Trump’s tariff board may look like a gimmick, but it signals a seismic shift in U.S. economic thinking.

Mohamed Gad_ 20-4-2025

Trump's 'crazy' trade war: The theory behind the fury

Society_

Raising a bully? The struggle to curb childhood abuse in schools

70% of Egyptian kids face bullying, yet schools lack solutions. Despite laws, enforcement lags as families and institutions struggle to break the cycle of abuse

Hagar Othman_ 22-4-2025

Raising a bully? The struggle to curb childhood abuse in schools

Divorced, not done! Why I'll wear a white dress in my wedding

Divorced women face stigma for remarrying, wearing white, or celebrating love again. Yet some resist, reclaiming love and celebration on their own terms.

Hanan El-Gohary_ 20-4-2025

Divorced, not done! Why I'll wear a white dress in my wedding

Culture_

Leila Khaled: Plane hijacker and the essence of Palestinian rage

Palestine is allowed to exist only as a dream from the past. This film reveals the clash between lived resistance and a Western narrative that questions its very legitimacy.

Basel Ramsis_ 29-4-2025

Leila Khaled: Plane hijacker and the essence of Palestinian rage

Ashraf Omar: A glimpse into the life of an 'ordinary guy'

I wondered how I'd profile an ordinary guy whom I had followed his political cartoons, I thought his life wouldn't offer much for his fellow journalists to paint a portrait for him

Azza Moghazy_ 13-4-2025

Ashraf Omar: A glimpse into the life of an 'ordinary guy'

Viewpoints_

One breath of home in Gaza City; then back to exile

Salem Elrayyes_ 27-4-2025

One breath of home in Gaza City; then back to exile

Baha'is in Egypt: Enduring 'civil death' on top of discrimination

Denying Baha’is won’t erase them. Solving their problems isn’t about belief, but about recognizing their existence and ensuring their basic rights.

Ishak Ibrahim_ 13-4-2025

Baha'is in Egypt: Enduring 'civil death' on top of discrimination

Science & Technology_

Ants and their slaves: Slavery isn't exclusive to humans

They have no consciousness as we know it, yet some ants have built societies where slavery is essential to survival. What does that say about evolution—and us?

Adel Awad_ 20-4-2025

Ants and their slaves: Slavery isn't exclusive to humans