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Society_

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

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_ 5-5-2026

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

Viewpoints_ Editorial| Ten years of survival

Al Manassa_ 4-5-2026

Editorial| Ten years of survival
Politics_

A sunny place for shady people: How Dubai became a safe haven for Sudan's RSF

The Sentry reveals the Hemedti family’s $24M Dubai property portfolio, exposing the UAE as a “safe harbor” for the RSF’s leadership and wartime wealth.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 3-5-2026

A sunny place for shady people: How Dubai became a safe haven for Sudan's RSF

Viewpoints_ Cracks in the ‘Iron Wall’: Pushing the edges of Palestine solidarity

Basel Ramsis_ 4-5-2026

Cracks in the ‘Iron Wall’: Pushing the edges of Palestine solidarity

Politics_ Deadliest by design: The Mediterranean graveyard in 2026

Youssef Ebrahem_ 3-5-2026

Deadliest by design: The Mediterranean graveyard in 2026

News_

Critics slam new draft Christian Personal Status Law

Critics slam new draft Christian Personal Status Law

Parliament refers family law bills to joint committee

Parliament refers family law bills to joint committee

Israel accelerates East Jerusalem demolitions to build 'biblical park'

Israel accelerates East Jerusalem demolitions to build 'biblical park'

Hamas to announce new leader by weekend

Hamas to announce new leader by weekend

Politics_

Ramzy Ezzeldin: The rebirth of the Political Advisor

Samar El-Gamal_ 26-4-2026

Ramzy Ezzeldin: The rebirth of the Political Advisor

Weaving a nuclear Kiswa: Saudi’s bid on Islamabad

The era of the petrodollar-for-protection trade-off is over. Saudi Arabia turns to Pakistan’s "live" military weight to escape the shadow of the Abraham Accords.

Dina Samak_ 21-4-2026

Weaving a nuclear Kiswa: Saudi’s bid on Islamabad

Interview| Egypt’s ex-UN ambassador: 'You can’t buy your way to stability in the Middle East'

Dina Samak_ 19-4-2026

Interview| Egypt’s ex-UN ambassador: 'You can’t buy your way to stability in the Middle East'

Urban & Economy_

Egypt's fuel subsidies: Priced for wishful thinking

Sarah Abdelmofeed_ 30-4-2026

Egypt's fuel subsidies: Priced for wishful thinking

Fertilizers: An industry profiting under fire

Hager Atteya_ 22-4-2026

Fertilizers: An industry profiting under fire

Explainer| How Egypt avoided a dollar crisis during the Iran conflict

Despite an estimated $8 billion in hot money outflows, exchange rate flexibility and robust dollar reserves shielded the Egyptian economy from another liquidity collapse like 2022.

Mohamed Gad_ 16-4-2026

Explainer| How Egypt avoided a dollar crisis during the Iran conflict

Society_

The solace of love-making in war

Mariana Samy_ 22-4-2026

The solace of love-making in war

Between bombs and condemnation: Displacement in Lebanon's South

Lama Abokharroub_ 26-3-2026

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.

Ansar Atmeizeh_ 19-2-2026

Resistance through the eye of the needle: Masafer Yatta's night guardians

Culture_

The halos and horrors of silver screen motherhood

Aliaa Talaat_ 30-3-2026

The halos and horrors of silver screen motherhood

“One More Show”: Seven madmen save the world

Nahed Nasr_ 5-1-2026

“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.

Tanja Kunesch_ 28-12-2025

Will Nefertiti ever come home?

Viewpoints_

The Gulf wants solidarity, but on whose terms?

Khaled Dawoud_ 8-4-2026

The Gulf wants solidarity, but on whose terms?

Qom, Al-Azhar and a fractured language of unity

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 7-4-2026

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.

Hoda Fayek_ 2-4-2026

Female MPs and the political pageantry of ridicule

Science & Technology_

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.

Khaled Mansour_ 5-4-2026

War in the age of AI slop

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

Al Manassa_ 18-1-2026

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

Offline by order: Iran’s internet blackout

Mohammad El-Taher_ 14-1-2026

Offline by order: Iran’s internet blackout
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