Politics

Senate election results, a right-loyal stitch up

With opposition wiped out and turnout low, Egypt’s Senate elections tighten the grip of government-aligned parties through coordination, cash, and closed lists.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 14-8-2025

Senate election results, a right-loyal stitch up

Which Civil Society monitors elections in Egypt

An investigation into 2025 Senate vote reveals a roster of “watchdogs” with fake titles, phantom organizations, and no record of monitoring, yet all were approved by the state.

Yousef Okail_ 13-8-2025

Which Civil Society monitors elections in Egypt

When the president decides to speak

El-Sisi spoke less but said more in 2024—defending his record, warning of collapse, and insisting that the people's patience and massive investment was Egypt’s only path forward.

Yousef Okail_ 29-7-2025

When the president decides to speak

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Iran and the E3: Negotiations on a cliffedge

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Israel might be compelled to reconsider its position in a newly reshaped regional landscape it may struggle to navigate.

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 3-8-2025

Iran and the E3: Negotiations on a cliffedge

Trump, the Nile, and the Zionist dream

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As Trump returns to the Nile dam file, echoes of a Zionist water dream and regional pressure resurface, leaving Egypt to choose between reaction and initiative.

Mohamed Bassal_ 23-7-2025

Trump, the Nile, and the Zionist dream

Parliament Diaries| Accountability offline as Ramses blaze paralyzes Egypt

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A fire torched Egypt’s digital backbone. Ministers blamed pipes. MPs asked questions no one answered. The system failed—again—and no one, as usual, will be held accountable.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 10-7-2025

Parliament Diaries| Accountability offline as Ramses blaze paralyzes Egypt

Parliament Diaries| Old Rent Law: How the No vote turned into a Yes

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Three sessions, one law, and a dramatic arc: Parliament wavers, tenants hope, opposition walks out, and a bill passes, clouded by silence, surrender, and unanswered questions.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 6-7-2025

Parliament Diaries| Old Rent Law: How the No vote turned into a Yes

Trump–Netanyahu’s Gaza plan breaks Palestinian taboos

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Trump and Netanyahu seek to end the war with a deal built on exile, erasure, and power games—but Gaza’s reality, and resistance, refuse to fit the script.

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 2-7-2025

Trump–Netanyahu’s Gaza plan breaks Palestinian taboos

Parliament Diaries| A nation lost to lack of accountability

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18 girls died on Egypt’s regional highway. Parliament held a moment of silence, then moved on. This is a record of what should not be forgotten.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 2-7-2025

Parliament Diaries| A nation lost to lack of accountability

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

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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

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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

Nasser after the Naksa: ‘It was the system’s fault’

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After the 1967 defeat, Nasser condemned his own regime as rotten and called for an open system—but his bold vision gave way to retreat, not reform.

Yousef Okail_ 21-6-2025

Nasser after the Naksa: ‘It was the system’s fault’

Parliament Diaries| Everyone loses as rent law passes unchanged

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Caught between landlords demanding swift contract termination and tenants fearing eviction, Parliament passes a rent law that satisfies neither and deepens the divide.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 19-6-2025

Parliament Diaries| Everyone loses as rent law passes unchanged

Redrawing the lines: How the Iran-Israel war is reshaping regional power

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The Iran-Israel war signals a seismic shift in Middle East power dynamics, testing old alliances and opening new diplomatic paths amid escalating military and nuclear tensions.

Mohamed Khayyal_ 18-6-2025

Redrawing the lines: How the Iran-Israel war is reshaping regional power

Missing in Sinai: Egypt’s forgotten soldiers of 1967

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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

Parliament Diaries| A missed storm warning, and a Parliament fast asleep

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After a violent storm hit Alexandria, Egypt’s Parliament stayed silent while the Senate responded by chance, raising urgent questions about climate readiness and political will.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 4-6-2025

Parliament Diaries| A missed storm warning, and a Parliament fast asleep

Parliament Diaries| In loud times, water reform trickles in silence

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Parliament passed a pivotal water utility law with minimal debate, as electoral and rent law battles took center stage, exposing deeper crises in political priorities.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 29-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| In loud times, water reform trickles in silence

Sudan’s future: peace or partition?

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Keeping Sudan weak and dysfunctional benefits certain foreign powers by making it easier to exploit its vast water resources and livestock wealth.

Abdelhady Al-Hag_ 26-5-2025

Sudan’s future: peace or partition?

Parliament Diaries| A quiet showdown over fatwa authority

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Al-Azhar secured control over fatwas through quiet negotiations while the press lost ground again, fragmented and unsupported as freedoms continue to shrink.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 19-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| A quiet showdown over fatwa authority

Trump’s Gulf gamble: Oil, leverage and shifting alliances

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Trump’s Gulf tour blends economics and geopolitics, reviving petrodollar ties and reshaping US strategy amid Israel's war on Gaza and growing Gulf-China links.

Amr Adly_ 15-5-2025

Trump’s Gulf gamble: Oil, leverage and shifting alliances

Parliament Diaries| In a rare scene, Parliament listens

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Parliament holds rare public hearings on the old rent law, exposing deep divides between landlords and tenants, and raising urgent questions about justice and reform.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 14-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| In a rare scene, Parliament listens

Between margins and hope: Could an Arab ever become pope?

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Despite Latin America's large Catholic population, its representation in the College of Cardinals remains limited. Europe still holds the lion’s share of voting power.

Sara Allam Shaltout_ 9-5-2025

Between margins and hope: Could an Arab ever become pope?

Parliament Diaries| Rent reform without receipts

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Egypt’s Parliament debates a sweeping rent law reform without up-to-date data, risking eviction for millions and exposing deep gaps in housing policy and planning.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 8-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| Rent reform without receipts

Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law

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Some see the ruling as long-awaited relief, others as a looming crisis. The state sees a dilemma, observers warn of fallout—but it may be a chance Egypt can’t afford to miss.

Mohamed Bassal_ 7-5-2025

Escaping the minefield of Egypt's old rent law

Parliament Diaries| A ticking bomb in the red hall

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A proposed overhaul of Egypt’s Rent Control Law sparks rare unity, and deep anxiety, in Parliament, as MPs warn of mass evictions and social fallout.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 6-5-2025

Parliament Diaries| A ticking bomb in the red hall

As others flew to Rome, Pope Tawadros chose a different path

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Under Pope Shenouda, the Coptic Church moved with clarity towards Christian unity and a global ecclesial identity. Now, it is caught between global vision and internal hesitation

Sara Allam Shaltout_ 5-5-2025

As others flew to Rome, Pope Tawadros chose a different path

On press freedom day, journalists vote for freedom

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On Press Freedom Day, Egypt’s journalists re-elect Khaled Elbalshy to lead a syndicate council favoring independence, facing state pressure, smears, and high stakes.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 5-5-2025

On press freedom day, journalists vote for freedom

Jordan, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood: A fractured alliance

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Since Jordan closed Hamas’ offices in Amman in 1999, its relationship with the Brotherhood and Hamas has been a tangled web of tension, mistrust, and shifting power.

Abdelmoneim Mahmoud_ 30-4-2025

Jordan, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood: A fractured alliance

Al-Golani, from Al-Qaeda’s cloak to Zelenskyy’s shirt

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With a neatly trimmed beard and a Zelenskyy-style button-up, Al-Golani sheds his jihadist past—emerging as a central player in Syria’s shifting power game.

Mohamed Khayyal_ 29-4-2025

Al-Golani, from Al-Qaeda’s cloak to Zelenskyy’s shirt

Press freedom in Egypt: A decade of censorship

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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

Parliament Diaries| The dented victory of the medical liability law

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It’s not ideal. But in the world of policy and politics, especially in a chamber dominated by a pro-government bloc, the ideal is often sacrificed on the altar of the doable.

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 22-4-2025

Parliament Diaries| The dented victory of the medical liability law

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

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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