Mohamed El Kholy

Restraining orders offer women little protection from violence

Society_

In Egypt, restraining orders rarely shield women from threats and violence, exposing systemic failures and deadly consequences.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 12-10-2025

Restraining orders offer women little protection from violence

Because Trump’s plan for Gaza is the only available option

Politics_

Trump’s Gaza plan gains quick international backing, but experts warn it imposes victor’s terms, deepens Gaza-West Bank divide, and avoids statehood.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 2-10-2025

Because Trump’s plan for Gaza is the only available option

Interview| Alex de Waal exposes Israel’s weaponized starvation in Gaza

Politics_

Starvation in Gaza is no accident, says Alex de Waal. It is an Israeli policy weaponizing hunger, unlike any famine he has studied before.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 18-9-2025

Interview| Alex de Waal exposes Israel’s weaponized starvation in Gaza

Kamel Al-Wazir: El-Sisi’s golden child

Politics_

From rail hikes to megaprojects, Kamel Al-Wazir embodies the president’s “nothing comes for free” ethos—turning public transport into a revenue machine

Mohamed El Kholy_ 1-7-2025

Kamel Al-Wazir: El-Sisi’s golden child

A price tag on Justice: Egypt's lawyers battle new court fees

Politics_

Lawyers warn that rising court fees threaten Egyptians’ right to justice—and their own livelihoods—as access to litigation looks to become increasingly unaffordable.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 23-6-2025

A price tag on Justice: Egypt's lawyers battle new court fees

Sayyida Aisha Bridge: a failure easier to blame on the jinn

Urban & Economy_

Dubbed the “Bridge of Death,” Sayyida Aisha Bridge saw decades of crashes, myths, and official denial—until its long-overdue demolition was finally announced.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 8-6-2025

Sayyida Aisha Bridge: a failure easier to blame on the jinn

Missing in Sinai: Egypt’s forgotten soldiers of 1967

Politics_

As Egypt uncovers its missing soldiers, evidence mounts of Israeli war crimes in 1967. Massacres, mass graves, and decades of silence with no justice in sight.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 5-6-2025

Missing in Sinai: Egypt’s forgotten soldiers of 1967

Interview| “If I die, keep fighting!”: Laila Soueif, the mother who won’t back down

Politics_

“Carry on if something happens to me before Alaa is released. Let your small fight continue until Alaa walks free, and your greater fight until they all walk free.”

Mohamed El Kholy_ 22-5-2025

Interview| “If I die, keep fighting!”: Laila Soueif, the mother who won’t back down

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

Politics_

A decade of growing state control has reshaped Egypt’s media into an echo chamber. How was the press subdued—and what happened inside the newsrooms we no longer see?

Mohamed El Kholy_ 26-4-2025

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

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

Politics_

Courageously, Laila faces the challenges and walks every path as she always has, hoping for her own survival and for Alaa to regain his freedom while she is still alive.

Mohamed El Kholy_ 13-4-2025

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