Politics

Testing the R-4 in Istanbul: Egypt’s room to maneuver after the Mecca Pact

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Ahead of the Istanbul quadrilateral talks, Cairo’s absence from a major trilateral defense pact reveals deeper splits over how regional military power should be projected.

Samar El-Gamal_ 31-8-2026

Testing the R-4 in Istanbul: Egypt’s room to maneuver after the Mecca Pact

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

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The question isn’t whether Egypt keeps an equal distance from every side in the region’s war. It’s which side it stands with, and in which trench it intends to fight.

Dina Samak_ 4-8-2026

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

What a $20,000 drone revealed about Egypt’s air defenses

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A drone strike on Damietta port tests Egypt’s air defenses. Experts say it’s no failure, but a warning about how cheap, low-flying drones are changing the threat.

Ahmed Albordeny_ 2-8-2026

What a $20,000 drone revealed about Egypt’s air defenses

The Taliban’s Brussels bargain: Trading normalization for deportation

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The Brussels visit reveals how deportation and border control have become leverage, allowing de facto authorities like the Taliban to trade cooperation for recognition.

Hussein Baoumi_ 30-7-2026

The Taliban’s Brussels bargain: Trading normalization for deportation

Right to arms: What tipped the scales for Khalil Al-Hayya?

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Al‑Hayya takes Hamas’s helm by a razor‑thin vote, inheriting a fractured movement, stalled ceasefire, and pressure over weapons, governance, and Gaza’s reconstruction.

Abdelmoneim Mahmoud_ 28-7-2026

Right to arms: What tipped the scales for Khalil Al-Hayya?

Outside prison, inside the sketch: A day Ashraf Omar escaped the ‘vicious cycle’

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Marking two years since cartoonist Ashraf Omar was blindfolded and taken from his home, colleagues and family gathered to confront an endless cycle of legal absurdity.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 23-7-2026

Outside prison, inside the sketch: A day Ashraf Omar escaped the ‘vicious cycle’

Interview| Iran’s envoy in Cairo: ‘Millions in the streets are stronger than any nuclear bomb’

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Iran’s late Supreme Leader built his doctrine on backing “the resistance” everywhere — his envoy in Cairo explains what that means for Lebanon and the Gulf.

Dina Samak_ 14-7-2026

Interview| Iran’s envoy in Cairo: ‘Millions in the streets are stronger than any nuclear bomb’

Three guides, no direction: Inside the Muslim Brotherhood’s terminal split

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The Brotherhood will stay divided across three rival camps for years — unless Cairo drops its 'Brotherhood bogeyman,' or the region shifts enough to bring the group back into play.

Abdelmoneim Mahmoud_ 13-7-2026

Three guides, no direction: Inside the Muslim Brotherhood’s terminal split

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

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Thirteen years after June 30, leftist lawyer Khaled Ali revisits the ‘third current’ that rejected both Brotherhood and military rule, and warns Egypt is nearing a new explosion.

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 7-7-2026

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

Inside the quiet revolt at Egypt’s Judges’ Club

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Egypt’s Judges’ Club just elected a president who ran against the government’s favored candidate, and judges say the vote was a message years in the making.

Mohamed Napolion_ 5-7-2026

Inside the quiet revolt at Egypt’s Judges’ Club

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

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Thirteen years on, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a senior National Salvation Front figure reflects on Morsi’s removal, Rabaa’s bloodshed, and all what happened after

Dina Samak_ 1-7-2026

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

From Gandhi to Modi: How India abandoned Palestine

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India’s shift from staunch Palestinian ally to Israeli partner didn’t happen overnight. It took an ideology, a digital army, and the systematic reshaping of a nation’s conscience.

Tamer Alhelaly_ 23-6-2026

From Gandhi to Modi: How India abandoned Palestine

Remembering Nabil El-Hilali.. The reluctant hero of the Egyptian left

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Twenty years on, much has changed, but it’s clear El-Hilali lived and died on his own terms, true to the choices he made, simply as “Comrade Ahmed.”

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 21-6-2026

Remembering Nabil El-Hilali.. The reluctant hero of the Egyptian left

The Civil Democratic Movement: Egypt’s opposition coalition faces its reckoning

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The Kortam ‘statement’ crisis lays bare deep structural atrophy and years of political containment, leaving Egypt’s Civil Democratic Movement at a terminal crossroads.

Gasser El-Dabea_ 15-6-2026

The Civil Democratic Movement: Egypt’s opposition coalition faces its reckoning

Nick Oberheiden: Trump’s handler gets US embassy in Cairo

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No diplomatic experience, no foreign affairs background, and no public record before arriving in America. What he has, however, is Trump’s ear. Now he represents the US in Egypt.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 14-6-2026

Nick Oberheiden: Trump’s handler gets US embassy in Cairo

Point, kill, and cash in: Trump’s men bet on their own crimes

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Trump’s men had the bets placed before the bombs dropped. Coincidence? The pattern suggests otherwise.

Mostafa Hisham_ 9-6-2026

Point, kill, and cash in: Trump’s men bet on their own crimes

Interview| Ramy Shaath: In France, human rights end where Palestine begins

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France once campaigned for Ramy Shaath’s release from an Egyptian prison. Today, the Palestinian activist says it seeks to silence him through deportation threats.

Ahmed Dahaby_ 4-6-2026

Interview| Ramy Shaath: In France, human rights end where Palestine begins

The war on journalists in Palestine

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From direct financial sanctions against the ICC prosecutor to the quiet leverage of pro-Israel donors, the global apparatus of accountability has been actively dismantled.

Camilla Olivieri_ 2-6-2026

The war on journalists in Palestine

Timeline: The hefty price Ashraf Omar is paying for a cartoon

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Al Manassa chronicles the key events that followed the arrest, prolonged pretrial detention, and ongoing prosecution of its cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Al Manassa_ 28-5-2026

Timeline: The hefty price Ashraf Omar is paying for a cartoon

Mourning the living: Testimonies from the ‘graveyard’ of Palestinian female prisoners

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From wedding dresses turned into blindfolds to the unleashing of attack dogs, new testimonies reveal the systematic degradation of Palestinian women in Israeli detention.

Alaa Khattab_ 21-5-2026

Mourning the living: Testimonies from the ‘graveyard’ of Palestinian female prisoners

Code meters, mounting bills, missing files: Egypt’s electricity standoff

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Skyrocketing electricity bills are the new penalty for building violations in Egypt, trapping millions between soaring costs and a broken system that keeps losing their paperwork.

Abdallah El-Bastaweesy_ 20-5-2026

Code meters, mounting bills, missing files: Egypt’s electricity standoff

Reading the runes: Cairo’s cautious eye on the New Damascus

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Egypt navigates the "gray zone" of the Sharaa regime, waiting for the light of clarity before fully reconciling with a state it once viewed as an existential threat.

Samar El-Gamal_ 17-5-2026

Reading the runes: Cairo’s cautious eye on the New Damascus

Biting but bounded: The media reform roadmap on the president’s desk

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Al Manassa obtains the full text of the state’s confidential media reform report. Can the state truly build a freer press while maintaining its role as the national shield?

Shaher Ayad_ 14-5-2026

Biting but bounded: The media reform roadmap on the president’s desk

One year on: Workers remain the weakest link in Egypt’s new Labor Law

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Egypt’s new labor law promised a “qualitative leap” in workers’ rights. A year on, the law’s protections are colliding with coercive employers and weak enforcement.

Ahmed Khalifa_ 12-5-2026

One year on: Workers remain the weakest link in Egypt’s new Labor Law