Trump burns Gulf capital, not just its oil
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The eclipse of rations: When the night shift goes dark
Lights are dimming nationwide, but for small businesses darkness is becoming increasingly expensive.
The eclipse of rations: When the night shift goes dark
The false seduction of Netanyahu’s hexagon in the ‘Abrahamic Kingdoms’
Interview| Egypt’s former envoy to Tehran: “Iran retains the right to strike US bases in the Gulf”
Is Iran a threat or a bulwark? An Egyptian diplomat explains why many in Egypt see it as the last line on a volatile eastern front.
If El-Sisi read it, why can’t we find it?
Why financing costs still weigh on Egypt’s private sector
Egypt's emergency rations: Who is poor enough to count?
Through hell or high inflation: Why does Talaat Moustafa always win?
Developers defend high prices with future contracts and diaspora demand, while ordinary buyers watch housing drift further out of reach.
Between bombs and condemnation: Displacement in Lebanon's South
Resistance through the eye of the needle: Masafer Yatta's night guardians
Under the cover of storms and darkness, Israeli settlers target livestock and water tanks. In Masafer Yatta, guarding the village has become a daily routine of communal survival.
Hanging by a thread: The trembling life of Palestinians between storms & deals
The halos and horrors of silver screen motherhood
“One More Show”: Seven madmen save the world
Will Nefertiti ever come home?
‘I want to go home!’ Nefertiti’s bust in Berlin reignites Egypt’s restitution push—alongside the Rosetta Stone and Dendera Zodiac—as legal and political hurdles loom.
The Gulf wants solidarity, but on whose terms?
Qom, Al-Azhar and a fractured language of unity
Female MPs and the political pageantry of ridicule
Gendered ridicule turns women politicians into bodies, jokes or scandals—anything but political actors with speech, agency and claims to power.
War in the age of AI slop
War’s oldest weapon; deception, now arrives polished by AI, cheap to produce and powerful enough to bend public perception.
