#Interview
Cairo, undelivered: A conversation with Mai Serhan
Mai’s writing doesn’t seek to provoke. It seeks to reveal
Adam Makary
8 دقيقة قراءة
أرشيف
التقارير
3,712 تقرير منشور حتى الآن.
#exhibition reviews
Cairo Photo Week: Art as a bridge
Sarah Rifky’s reflections on Cairo Photo Week strike a nerve
Adam Makary
4 دقيقة قراءة
#exhibition reviews
Cairo Photo Week 2025 and the spectacle of scale
The prevailing impression across most venues is that this is an exhibition in reverse
Sarah A. Rifky
18 دقيقة قراءة
#development
A lake remade: How Manzala’s waters became clear enough to fish for money
Mada Masr spoke to fishers, researchers and government officials about the lake's rehabilitation
Nada Arafat
18 دقيقة قراءة
#Donald Trump
Proposed formulas for new US military Red Sea foothold not acceptable to Egypt
Since March 15, the US has carried out nearly daily strikes on targets in Yemen
Ehsan Salah و Hazem Tharwat
11 دقيقة قراءة
#Upper Egypt
The khot of Upper Egypt
Mohamed Mahsoub clashed with police, decrying injustice in Upper Egypt before being killed.
Moataz Hagag
31 دقيقة قراءة
#healthcare
No prescriptions, no appointments: Cancer patients at Hermel Hospital hit by treatment crisis after private sector take over
The waiting area of Dar al-Salam Hermel Cancer Hospital was crowded earlier this month with patients and their families who had come for the treatment they are accustomed to receiving…
Mostafa Hosny
8 دقيقة قراءة
#2023 Sudan War
Video | Out of Sudan, into precarity
Two women who fled the Sudan war share their survival, escape and refuge stories
Menem Sami
1 دقيقة قراءة
#migrants
‘Recycling’ the migration books: How Egypt manipulates smuggler arrests for EU money
“Just bear with it for a while, the European Union is causing trouble. You’ll be released”
Mostafa Hosny
20 دقيقة قراءة
#2023 Sudan War
Out of scorched earth: The future of the RSF lies in Abdel Rahim Dagalo’s hands
Far from Khartoum, where the two Nile rivers converge and Sudan’s economic and political elite have wielded power for decades, Abdel Rahim Dagalo — deputy commander of the Rapid Support…
Hassan Alnaser
24 دقيقة قراءة
#obituaries
Hossam Shabat’s last article
Hours before he was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his car, journalist Hossam Shabat wrote about Israel's resumption of its scorched earth policy in Beit Hanoun, his hometown. This…
Hossam Shabat و Sharif Abdel Kouddous
9 دقيقة قراءة
#photography
Video | Bringing Studio Badawy back to life
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Mostafa Mostafa Mohamed
1 دقيقة قراءة
#contemporary art
Museum, market and a missing C: My visit to Art Cairo 2025
Rifky considers the complex dynamics of ownership and provenance in Egypt’s contemporary art scene.
Sarah A. Rifky
7 دقيقة قراءة
#contemporary art
Mario and Tamara
Mario. The Exhibitionist — the art journal, not a naked person flashing — once asked me to contribute an essay to their “Curator’s Favorites” series. I decided to write about…
Sarah A. Rifky
8 دقيقة قراءة
#Israel-Palestine
The Sinai Solution: Revolting against resettlement in the 1950s
This article is the third installment of a three-part series
Ahmad Shokr
8 دقيقة قراءة
#rice exports
Rice export ban for everyone but Argany
In early February, the Egyptian Customs Authority renewed its ban on rice exports, which has been in place for over eight years per the given rationale that it will help…
Mada Masr
11 دقيقة قراءة
#Camp David
Gaza: ‘A fireball being tossed around by everyone’
“The Middle East is too often a solid where little changes. Today, it is a liquid and the ability
Ehsan Salah و Hazem Tharwat
21 دقيقة قراءة
#Egypt-Libya relations
Analysts: Egypt aids obstructionist efforts of Libyan legislatures to stall UN-led political process
The political process to determine Libya’s future should be the “exclusive ownership” of Libyan official institutions, members of the country’s two legislative bodies declared Tuesday at the conclusion of two…
Hazem Tharwat
7 دقيقة قراءة
#auto industry
Egypt’s auto market: From liberalization to iron-grip monopolies
The government’s policies and the erratic execution of its decisions have fueled frustration
Sara Seif Eddin
12 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo Video Festival
Unworkshoppable cinema: A visit to the 11th Cairo Video Festival
Recently, I finally got to see Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light (2024), winner of the Cannes Grand Prix. I was lucky to experience it in a theater and…
Laura U. Marks
8 دقيقة قراءة