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

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

Society_ From Supreme Court judge to shopkeeper, Sudan’s war shatters professions

Mussab Mohamed Ali_ 4-7-2025

From Supreme Court judge to shopkeeper, Sudan’s war shatters professions

Society_ The long road to divorce for Coptic women

Sara Allam Shaltout_ 29-6-2025

The long road to divorce for Coptic women
Politics_

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

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

News_

Adeeb's Lapid Interview reignite media normalization debate

Adeeb's Lapid Interview reignite media normalization debate

Lawyers delay nationwide strike over automation fees amid NGOs support

Lawyers delay nationwide strike over automation fees amid NGOs support

Ethiopia invites Egypt, Sudan to dam inauguration amid tensions

Ethiopia invites Egypt, Sudan to dam inauguration amid tensions

Egypt frees tenants' lawyer after parliament passes rent law amendments

Egypt frees tenants' lawyer after parliament passes rent law amendments

Politics_

Parliament Diaries| A nation lost to lack of accountability

Safaa Essam Eddin_ 2-7-2025

Parliament Diaries| A nation lost to lack of accountability

From Iraq 1981 to Iran 2025: How the Begin Doctrine disciplines the world

How Israel’s 1981 strike on Iraq shaped a doctrine of preemptive war—one echoed today in its attacks on Iran, with US backing and regional consequences.

Mohamed Bassal_ 26-6-2025

From Iraq 1981 to Iran 2025: How the Begin Doctrine disciplines the world

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

Mohamed El Kholy_ 23-6-2025

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

Urban & Economy_

Fast track to privatization: Who’s running Egypt’s trains?

Mohamed Ismail_ 28-6-2025

Fast track to privatization: Who’s running Egypt’s trains?

Corruption as leverage: How institutional weakness fuels neoliberalism

Osama Diab_ 19-6-2025

Corruption as leverage: How institutional weakness fuels neoliberalism

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

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

Society_

Egypt’s educational promise falters for stranded Syrian students

Hundreds of Syrian students are locked out of Egypt mid-degree as visa delays and new entry rules derail academic dreams and drain families of tuition and housing costs.

Sara El-Hareth_ 5-6-2025

Egypt’s educational promise falters for stranded Syrian students

Applied Technology Schools: New path to unemployment

Doaa Emam_ 2-6-2025

Applied Technology Schools: New path to unemployment

Freelance journalists: professionals or impostors?

Yousef Okail_ 1-6-2025

Freelance journalists: professionals or impostors?

Culture_

Therapy dramas as drama therapy

Ghadeer Mahajna_ 27-6-2025

Therapy dramas as drama therapy

Jacques Hassoun: Jew of the Nile

An intimate journey through memory, exile, and identity, tracing the fractured yet enduring soul of Egypt’s Jewish minority through the life of Jacques Hassoun.

Alaa Khaled_ 10-6-2025

Jacques Hassoun: Jew of the Nile

Falling in love with AI!

Essam Zakaria_ 9-6-2025

Falling in love with AI!

Viewpoints_

The return of the baltagiya?

Omnia Khalil_ 30-6-2025

The return of the baltagiya?

My crime: Managing a media website!

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

Khaled Dawoud_ 23-6-2025

No happy ending after US strike on Iran

Science & Technology_

Digital blackout: How the Israeli attack triggered Iranian internet collapse

Mohammad El-Taher_ 25-6-2025

Digital blackout: How the Israeli attack triggered Iranian internet collapse

The economy of loneliness

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_ 22-6-2025

The economy of loneliness

Israel-Iran cyber warfare rewrites the rules of modern combat

A digital war unfolds as Israel and Iran clash across cyberspace, AI, and drones, reshaping modern conflict through metadata, misinformation, and algorithmic warfare.

Mohammad El-Taher_ 20-6-2025

Israel-Iran cyber warfare rewrites the rules of modern combat