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Culture_

From hashtags to hardcovers

As influencers crowd bookstore shelves, some see it as a hollowing out of literary culture while others call it a new gateway. If the road back to books runs through fame, so be it

Toqa Abdel-Mageed_ 10-5-2025

From hashtags to hardcovers

Politics_ Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law

Mohamed Bassal_ 7-5-2025

Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law

Politics_ Between margins and hope: Could an Arab ever become pope?

Sara Allam Shaltout_ 9-5-2025

Between margins and hope: Could an Arab ever become pope?
Society_

The more I see of people, the more I like dogs

A husky’s killing in rural Egypt goes viral exposing a deeper crisis of empathy, justice, and how a nation treats its most vulnerable: the animals on its streets.

Menna Sharafeldeen_ 8-5-2025

The more I see of people, the more I like dogs

News_

UK ambassador visits Laila Soueif in Cairo home

UK ambassador visits Laila Soueif in Cairo home

Egypt saves 35B in fuel subsidy cuts following price hikes

Egypt saves 35B in fuel subsidy cuts following price hikes

Protesters demand PM Madbouly's resignation over rent law

Protesters demand PM Madbouly's resignation over rent law

UAE rejects Sudan's decision to cut ties

UAE rejects Sudan's decision to cut ties

Politics_

Parliament Diaries| A ticking bomb in the red hall

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 6-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| A ticking bomb in the red hall

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

With a neatly trimmed beard and a Zelenskyy-style button-up, Al-Golani sheds his jihadist past—emerging as a central player in Syria’s shifting power game.

Mohamed Khayyal_ 29-4-2025

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

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

Mohamed El Kholy_ 26-4-2025

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

Urban & Economy_

A Dose too small for Egypt’s drug industry

Eslam Aly_ 2-5-2025

A Dose too small for Egypt’s drug industry

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!

Developing Cairo’s downtown à la Mohamed Abdel Wahab

Fayrouz Karawya_ 2-5-2025

Developing Cairo’s downtown à la Mohamed Abdel Wahab

Society_

The church of the 'Top Notch'

Faten Sobhi_ 2-5-2025

The church of the 'Top Notch'

The untold story of captive animals in Egypt

In Egypt's circuses and zoos, applause drowns out a dark truth. Behind the animal tricks lies a vast, unseen world of suffering and abuse.

Ahmed Aly_ 1-5-2025

The untold story of captive animals in Egypt

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

Hagar Othman_ 22-4-2025

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

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_

Against women’s work: Social media panders to fragile masculinity

Ahmed Sayed Fathy_ 6-5-2025

Against women’s work: Social media panders to fragile masculinity

Editorial| Al Manassa in English: Claiming the Right to Be Heard

We do not promise you neutrality. We are not above the fray. We are in it, sleeves rolled, searching for clarity in the rubble of euphemism & spectacle. What we offer is integrity.

Al Manassa_ 3-5-2025

Editorial| Al Manassa in English: Claiming the Right to Be Heard

When the sea becomes a gated society

Alaa Khaled_ 3-5-2025

When the sea becomes a gated society

Science & Technology_

Con artists of all eras: The Ponzi scheme never dies

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_ 26-4-2025

Con artists of all eras: The Ponzi scheme never dies

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s quadrilogy: Blogging, Linux, politics, and prison

Mohammad El-Taher_ 2-5-2025

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s quadrilogy: Blogging, Linux, politics, and prison

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