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The president is in the dark!

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A rent law uproots millions as Parliament flips overnight. Is the president unaware, or orchestrating a final act to reclaim his “savior” image?

Basel Ramsis_ 16-7-2025

The president is in the dark!

Mar Elias church bombing, another failure to protect Middle East Christians

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A church bombing in Damascus revives fears about the future of Christians in the Middle East amid rising sectarian violence under Syria’s new Islamist-led regime.

Ishak Ibrahim_ 14-7-2025

Mar Elias church bombing, another failure to protect Middle East Christians

Lapid's playbook: Arab allies for Israel's ‘dirty work’

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Lapid's new plan offers Arabs incentives to suppress Palestinian resistance—outsourcing Israel’s “dirty work” while reshaping the region under Zionist terms.

Mohamed Bassal_ 10-7-2025

Lapid's playbook: Arab allies for Israel's ‘dirty work’

Egypt’s education was once a right, now a ransom

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In Egypt, daughters die for an education once promised as free, while elites thrive. But history reminds us, it wasn't always this way. It doesn't have to be.

Nawwara Negm_ 9-7-2025

Egypt’s education was once a right, now a ransom

Individualism and Violence| Digital alienation on ‘social’ platforms

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How social media turns individualism into isolation, deepening class divides and fueling violence—where power overrides truth and solidarity becomes illusion.

Mohamed El-Agati_ 7-7-2025

Individualism and Violence| Digital alienation on ‘social’ platforms

Walls between us| Possibilities for and with Palestinians

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Palestinians in '48 territories are caught between Israeli occupation & Arab abandonment. Their struggle against erasure demands recognition.

Basel Ramsis_ 3-7-2025

Walls between us| Possibilities for and with Palestinians

The return of the baltagiya?

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Thuggery in Egypt is neither new nor random — it’s a systematic, state-enabled tool of repression embedded in daily life, politics, and global security strategy.

Omnia Khalil_ 30-6-2025

The return of the baltagiya?

My crime: Managing a media website!

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Nora Younis's testimony on her 2020 arrest reveals her ordeal & the ongoing fight for independent media in Egypt, where journalism persists despite arbitrary charges & censorship.

Nora Younis_ 24-6-2025

My crime: Managing a media website!

No happy ending after US strike on Iran

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Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear sites may redraw the region’s map, but risks sparking a broader war that could engulf the entire Middle East.

Khaled Dawoud_ 23-6-2025

No happy ending after US strike on Iran

Individualism and Violence| Discrimination etched in childhood

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Class divides, once bridged by education, are now entrenched by multi-tiered systems and fragmented media. This fuels individualism, isolation, and deep-seated inequality.

Mohamed El-Agati_ 15-6-2025

Individualism and Violence| Discrimination etched in childhood

New Nationality: Citizen of the Compound

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The new cities are now old while ultra-new cities are becoming home for an ultra-elite class. But for those who live in /ˈkaɪ.roʊ/ and visit Al Qahira, are they still Egyptians?

Khaled Dawoud_ 12-6-2025

New Nationality: Citizen of the Compound

Mama Nawal and the bloody business of education

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Billions amassed by education mogul, El Degwi, ignite a debate: is education a right or a business? The saga highlights the stark contrast between public need and private profit.

Nawwara Negm_ 11-6-2025

Mama Nawal and the bloody business of education

Walls Between Us| Their enemy within

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Arabs racing to normalize ties with Israel give a false image of Arab public opinion, while anti-Zionist Israelis expose this to the world.

Basel Ramsis_ 10-6-2025

Walls Between Us| Their enemy within

Egypt's perpetual stagnation: Another election, another missed opportunity

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Egypt’s amended election laws remain much as before, sidelining pluralism and reform in favor of a system designed to maintain political control.

Amr Badr_ 9-6-2025

Egypt's perpetual stagnation: Another election, another missed opportunity

El-Sisi, Alaa, and Laila: The media and the final act

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As Laila Soueif nears death on hunger strike, Egypt’s press stays silent. Will they cover her fate—or a pardon for her son, Alaa Abdel Fattah?

Basel Ramsis_ 4-6-2025

El-Sisi, Alaa, and Laila: The media and the final act

Individualism and Violence| When society disappears

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As inequality deepens, isolation grows. Has individualism fractured solidarity, turning communities into spectators and society into strangers?

Mohamed El-Agati_ 3-6-2025

Individualism and Violence| When society disappears

Electoral law and the danger of normalizing silence

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With elections approaching, Egypt retains a closed-list system that critics say stifles pluralism. Why was there no real push for reform from political actors or parties?

Mohamed Bassal_ 28-5-2025

Electoral law and the danger of normalizing silence

Al-Sharaa’s calculus: Normalization at what cost?

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Will Ahmed al-Sharaa agree to give up 15% of Syria’s territory to satisfy Donald Trump, who is eager to be photographed at a peace treaty signing between Tel Aviv and Damascus?

Mohamed Saad Abdel Hafeez_ 24-5-2025

Al-Sharaa’s calculus: Normalization at what cost?

A president alone

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Hamstrung by reliance on US and Gulf handouts, El-Sisi's intervention on Palestine at the Baghdad summit will remain hollow without giving a voice to the Egyptian people

Basel Ramsis_ 23-5-2025

A president alone

The Damanhour wake-up call Egypt can’t ignore

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Citizens, educators, lawyers and the state alike must draw lessons from this case of child sexual assault. Failure to heed them makes further sectarian eruptions likely.

Ishak Ibrahim_ 21-5-2025

The Damanhour wake-up call Egypt can’t ignore

Walls Between Us| The mind and conscience of the enemy

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Is "No Other Land" director on the same path shaped by Pappé, Shohat and Sivan—a break with Zionism toward a shared struggle where not all Israelis are enemies. Some are partners.

Basel Ramsis_ 16-5-2025

Walls Between Us| The mind and conscience of the enemy

Who protects the poor in their fight for Palestine?

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Nicaragua’s recent legal actions reveal the complexities of international support for Palestine and highlight who truly stands with the powerless in Palestine’s fight.

Mohamed Bassal_ 15-5-2025

Who protects the poor in their fight for Palestine?

Walls Between Us| Fame or victory for Palestinians

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Side by side on the Oscars stage, a Palestinian and an Israeli achieved a historic win for the first time. Maybe fame isn’t the price of defeat. Maybe it’s how walls begin to fall.

Basel Ramsis_ 13-5-2025

Walls Between Us| Fame or victory for Palestinians

Against women’s work: Social media panders to fragile masculinity

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Social media fuels a war on working women, masking fragile masculinity as morality while blaming women for economic collapse instead of confronting real power structures.

Ahmed Sayed Fathy_ 6-5-2025

Against women’s work: Social media panders to fragile masculinity