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It feels we're being told a lie, half the truth or the whole truth but out of context in this sad, complex political mystery
Mohamed Salah Ramadan is an young Egyptian man working in a foreign bank in Cairo. Until very recently, he was a deep lover and strong defender of Mohamed Mounir’s music.…
On October 29, the Egyptian army began bulldozing and dynamiting houses along Egypt’s border with Gaza to create a buffer zone 14 kilometers long and half a kilometer wide. The…
It was 2007 or 2008 and I was working at Al-Dostour newspaper. The gang of other young cartoonists and I were proud to be publishing in such a well-received important oppositional…
Since what has become known as the ‘gay marriage’ video was released on August 29, there has been a coordinated government crack down on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) in Egypt. The…
Over the past few months, local media has insisted that Egypt is ready to respond to any questions regarding its human rights record ahead of the much-anticipated Universal Periodic Review…
The past academic year has been a nightmare for Egypt's university students, who have paid a high price for the escalating political conflict between the military-backed government and the outlawed Muslim…
A small coffee shop in the coastal Red Sea city of Quseir has become the central office for a growing local campaign against the government’s proposal to repartition Egypt’s governorates.…
A kitsch masterpiece of an overlooked moment in Egyptian music history: Arabic glam-rock
It's 3:00 pm on Saturday, a day after the Karm al-Qawadees attack in Sheikh Zuwayed that killed over 30 soldiers. Arish — that city whose palms have given shade to…
On Wednesday, October 30, composer and oud performer Issa Murad brought his young group Joussour to Cairo for a challenging performance at the Opera House. Joussour was born at the…
The honor of delivering the keynote address at the high-level EU-Africa Business Forum earlier this year fell to Ahmed Heikal. In front of European Commissioners, leading politicians, chief executives of…
Walking down a Cairo street with an adopted stray dog can elicit a range of reactions, from surprise to rebuke. Their skittish behavior and curled-up tails make them easily distinguishable from the more preferred…
Egypt rose one place to rank 112 out of 189 economies surveyed for the World Bank’s annual Doing Business 2015 report, which measures the ease or difficulty with which entrepreneurs…
Soneiaa fi Masr (Made in Egypt, 2014) is a New Century production that launched in cinemas in August during Eid. It’s hard to tell if it's a kids’ movie that can also appeal to…
London — The setting of the hosting environment, Frieze London, is relatively easy to annotate. As in all fairs, it shows a portion of the cogs of a market, historically…
In February 2014, the Egyptian military announced that it had found a cure for AIDS and hepatitis. This miracle of medical technology was developed by the Armed Forces' Engineering Authority,…
The country’s media apparatus is displaying an iron-willed determination to uphold the state narrative. Within a week, two major television talk show hosts have been muzzled by their stations, and…
When Nehad Selaiha attends a play, it’s quite the event for an entire cast and crew. She arrives on time, sits in the first row and quietly leaves right after…
Over 5.2 million eligible Tunisian voters are being mobilized for the country’s historic parliamentary elections on Sunday. These are the first such elections since the popular uprising, which lasted from…
