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When will the President call Israel by its name?

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The quiet deployment of Egyptian fighter jets to the UAE exposes a dangerous realignment with Abu Dhabi’s aggressive, pro-Israel architecture for the region.

Basel Ramsis_ 3-6-2026

When will the President call Israel by its name?

Editorial| Ten years of survival

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As the world marks Press Freedom Day, Al Manassa celebrates ten years of survival and independent journalism, and calls for the release of our colleague, cartoonist Ashraf Omar

Al Manassa_ 4-5-2026

Editorial| Ten years of survival

The Gulf wants solidarity, but on whose terms?

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Gulf anger at Egypt says less about official coordination than about a deeper unease with Egyptian public sympathy for any force checking Israel.

Khaled Dawoud_ 8-4-2026

The Gulf wants solidarity, but on whose terms?

Qom, Al-Azhar and a fractured language of unity

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In the eyes of Qom, Al-Azhar’s latest stance disrupted more than rhetoric; it unsettled a carefully tended language of Islamic rapprochement.

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 7-4-2026

Qom, Al-Azhar and a fractured language of unity

Female MPs and the political pageantry of ridicule

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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

The Nightmare of Harassment in Schools| On those who grew up too soon

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Children’s testimonies are finally breaking the silence on sexual abuse in Egyptian schools, and forcing hard questions about protection, accountability and reform.

Tamer Abu Arab_ 31-3-2026

The Nightmare of Harassment in Schools| On those who grew up too soon

Iran’s next test: Life after the Supreme Leader

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Khomeini built a revolution on charisma. Khamenei turned it into a system of control. What comes next for Iran?

Mina Fouad Tawfik_ 25-3-2026

Iran’s next test: Life after the Supreme Leader

Gaza and the US-Israeli international fascism charter

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Washington’s intervention at The Hague reframes genocide itself, revealing a wider struggle over law, accountability and global order.

Mohamed Bassal_ 18-3-2026

Gaza and the US-Israeli international fascism charter

Egypt’s fuel crisis and the cost of endless "exceptional circumstances"

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From pandemic excuses to regional wars, the state’s justifications for price hikes are wearing thin. Seven reasons why the latest fuel increase is pushing Egyptians to the brink.

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 16-3-2026

Egypt’s fuel crisis and the cost of endless "exceptional circumstances"

The illusion of security: Why the Gulf cannot lead the Arab world alone

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Five years after the “Gulf moment” was proclaimed, war with Iran and Israel’s expanding ambitions expose the limits of Gulf leadership and the fragility of US security guarantees

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 16-3-2026

The illusion of security: Why the Gulf cannot lead the Arab world alone

A wall too far: Why a church expansion sparked clashes in Helwan

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Residents gathered to defend a church expansion they said was needed for a growing community—until bulldozers arrived and a ten-minute confrontation erupted.

Mohamed Napolion_ 15-3-2026

A wall too far: Why a church expansion sparked clashes in Helwan

The five winds beneath Israel’s wings

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Israel’s current expansion is less a story of strength than of collapse around it—regional failures, American force, Gulf wealth, and the exhaustion of the old “resistance” order.

Mohamed Naeem_ 10-3-2026

The five winds beneath Israel’s wings

After Khamenei, who stands in Israel's crosshairs?

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Behind the strike on Khamenei lies a doctrine decades in the making—one that seeks to force Iran to its knees and redraw the region’s balance of power.

Mohamed Bassal_ 5-3-2026

After Khamenei, who stands in Israel's crosshairs?

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

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From millennials to Gen Z, the same alienated minority reappears—romantic, celebrated, incorporated, and ultimately sidelined by the politics it seeks to shape.

Amr Abdelrahman_ 2-3-2026

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

The creeping shadow of Israeli cartography

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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

Mubarak's great escape

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The failure of "January justice" was the inevitable outcome of violent swings between constitutional and revolutionary legitimacy, leaving the window for real reckoning to close.

Mohamed Bassal_ 25-2-2026

Mubarak's great escape

January's children: Men and women in purgatory

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January shattered symbolic structures and altered the consciousness of rulers and ruled. For those who were children then, it remains a central event in a world governed by fear.

Mohamed Naeem_ 24-2-2026

January's children: Men and women in purgatory

Freedom of belief: In word but not in deed

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State institutions narrow freedom of belief to Muslim-Christian harmony and curbing incitement, denying the right to openly declare, practice, or express one’s faith, or lack of it

Ishak Ibrahim_ 17-2-2026

Freedom of belief: In word but not in deed

Old paint on new walls: The curious case of the cabinet reshuffle

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From secret selections to rapid parliamentary nods, the new reshuffle reveals a ruling elite prioritizing narrative and image over the grueling work of repairing national substance

Ammar Ali Hassan_ 16-2-2026

Old paint on new walls: The curious case of the cabinet reshuffle