The state’s moral authority
In an interview during the run-up to his election last year, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asserted that the moral reform of the people is one of the president’s responsibilities. He…
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In an interview during the run-up to his election last year, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asserted that the moral reform of the people is one of the president’s responsibilities. He…
Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata was in the spotlight again on Saturday when he upheld death sentences for 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders convicted of terrorism-related charges, including Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, who…
Sunday’s Easter celebrations were marred by an uptick in sectarian conflict in the southern governorate of Minya throughout Holy Week, including a recent string of attacks against Copts living in…
In the span of just one year, more than 1,000 people were sentenced to death in Egypt. From the Minya Criminal Court handing down mass death penalties to a group…
The Giza Criminal Court upheld the death sentences levied in March against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 13 others on Saturday. The judiciary has now sentenced Badie to…
The building, in Cairo’s central Attaba district, was nationalized in 1961 but retains its original architecture, from its three-story-high central atrium to its glass chandeliers.
“Let’s agree that if you interrupt me, I’ll lose my train of thought and start over, which will take more time. So you might as well just let me finish,…
Amid wide-scale social prejudice and a regime deploying its security apparatus to crackdown on the movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has been producing a somewhat confused discourse in recent months. “The…
This article is part of a series we are running ahead of the Mada Marketplace event to feature the participating vendors. If you had told me a year ago that…
The show is not just a reenactment of the Iliad story, but also an ode to the act of telling, to stories and to time.
Women in Cairo have most likely been empowered so many times by the “western” gaze that they are no longer offended by the moral authority intrinsic to the approach
When the Interior Ministry announced security forces killed Ajnad Misr leader Hammam Attia on Sunday night, some braced themselves for a retaliatory attack — but others predicted that his death…
Three brief articles were published by the privately owned news site Al-Watan on Sunday morning: The first was an account of nine police officers referred to criminal court for killing…
The librarian brings your “book,” which is actually a person, asks you to take care of them and says you only have 20 minutes.
This article is part of a series we are running ahead of the Mada Marketplace event to feature the participating vendors. Last year, Rigoletto, the beloved ice cream parlor next…
A film about class hierarchy, women’s labor and a corrupt patriarchal system that ultimately doesn’t benefit anyone
After keeping analysts waiting for months, the Finance Ministry finally released figures for its spending on petroleum subsidies. In the first half of fiscal year 2014/15, a period spanning July-December…
Six months after construction was scheduled to begin, the United Arab Emirates-based construction firm Arabtec announced Thursday it had agreed to terms with Egypt for the initial phase of a…
In three weeks, Mada Masr will transform downtown Cairo's GrEEK Campus into a stage set for artists, designers, entrepreneurs and creators with young brands to bid their ideas. From the outset,…
Shehab Awad explores the studio of artist Nermine El Ansari.