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External war, internal fractures: A separatist moment for Iran?

As US-Israeli strikes intensify, Iran faces rising separatist mobilization at home, reviving ethnic fault lines and testing the state’s cohesion in a volatile post-Khamenei moment

Mohamed Khairy_ 3-3-2026

External war, internal fractures: A separatist moment for Iran?

Viewpoints_ The eternal minority: January, Gen Z, and the myth of generations

Amr Abdelrahman_ 2-3-2026

The eternal minority: January, Gen Z, and the myth of generations
Urban & Economy_

Explainer| Egypt enters the derivatives era, but what are they?

Egypt’s exchange is set to launch derivatives in March, starting with EGX30 futures. Here’s how they work, who benefits, and why leverage can cut both ways.

Hager Atteya_ 1-3-2026

Explainer| Egypt enters the derivatives era, but what are they?

Viewpoints_ Mubarak's great escape

Mohamed Bassal_ 25-2-2026

Mubarak's great escape

Urban & Economy_ What stalled Egypt's monorail, and who pays?

Mohamed Ismail_ 24-2-2026

What stalled Egypt's monorail, and who pays?

News_

More Israeli troops in Lebanon as Hezbollah strikes three bases

More Israeli troops in Lebanon as Hezbollah strikes three bases

Egyptalum lays off 500 striking workers, sit-in disbanded

Egyptalum lays off 500 striking workers, sit-in disbanded

Iran announces Hormuz shutdown; Washington advises Americans to exit Middle East

Iran announces Hormuz shutdown; Washington advises Americans to exit Middle East

Claude tops App Store as Pentagon AI fight escalates

Claude tops App Store as Pentagon AI fight escalates

Politics_

The shadowed debut of Egypt’s Minister of Culture

Jihan Zaki vowed to "erase ugliness," but her debut as Culture Minister is being eclipsed by a messy portrait of "ghost" tenures, asset dramas, and a stinging court ruling

Abdel Halim Hefaina_ 24-2-2026

The shadowed debut of Egypt’s Minister of Culture

Parliament Diaries| A rare consensus on import reform

Enas Hussein_ 18-2-2026

Parliament Diaries| A rare consensus on import reform

Jasper Jeffers: The quiet manager of loud wars

Ahmed Hosny_ 18-2-2026

Jasper Jeffers: The quiet manager of loud wars

Urban & Economy_

Meat on day one, lentils after: How Egyptians are cutting back in Ramadan

Enas Hussein_ 24-2-2026

Meat on day one, lentils after: How Egyptians are cutting back in Ramadan

“Egypt’s Future” on the backs of peasants

Transformations routinely presented as hallmarks of modernization and efficiency amount to a slow dismantling of the countryside’s capacity to reproduce its own life in practice.

Saker El Nour_ 5-2-2026

“Egypt’s Future” on the backs of peasants

The Zohr pipedream: Egypt's enduring gas gap

Laila El-Abd_ 3-2-2026

The Zohr pipedream: Egypt's enduring gas gap

Society_

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

Hanging by a thread: The trembling life of Palestinians between storms & deals

Ebtesam Mahdy_ 19-2-2026

Hanging by a thread: The trembling life of Palestinians between storms & deals

Egypt's cold sweep on refugees

Doaa Emam_ 16-2-2026

Egypt's cold sweep on refugees

Culture_

“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?

“Palestinian on the Road”: A road trip after Jesus

Saad El-Qersh_ 30-11-2025

“Palestinian on the Road”: A road trip after Jesus

Viewpoints_

The creeping shadow of Israeli cartography

History shows that maps enter the imagination before they are realized on the ground. Without a forceful counter-narrative, the "Promised Land" is becoming a political reality.

Tamer Abu Arab_ 1-3-2026

The creeping shadow of Israeli cartography

January's children: Men and women in purgatory

Mohamed Naeem_ 24-2-2026

January's children: Men and women in purgatory

Licensed to look: Bystanders, harassment and public complicity in Egypt

Mina Fouad Tawfik_ 24-2-2026

Licensed to look: Bystanders, harassment and public complicity in Egypt

Science & Technology_

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

An investigation by Al Manassa and Masaar reveals a broad disruption to Discord services across Egypt between January 11 and 12, resolving just before midnight on the 12th.

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

Fax machines to AI: Can real journalism survive the algorithm?

Khaled Mansour_ 8-12-2025

Fax machines to AI: Can real journalism survive the algorithm?
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