#citizen journalism
Sinai tells its own story
As mainstream media depends on military press releases to report on Sinai, locals try to build a different narrative
Heba Afify
8 دقيقة قراءة
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#Egypt-Israel relations
Egypt warms up to Israel
Despite talk about the centrality of the peace process, the meeting was less about Palestine and more about Israeli and Egyptian interests.
Mohamed Hamama
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Renaissance Dam
Egypt’s latest concession to Ethiopia amid construction of controversial dam
With the controversial Renaissance Dam under construction, Egypt makes concessions concerning studies by a French consultancy firm.
Mohamed Hamama
5 دقيقة قراءة
#Friday sermons
Unified or dictated? New constraints on Friday sermons anger imams
Imams to read from pre-written sermon distributed by the Ministry of Endowments
Mai Shams El-Din
7 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 anniversary
Questions about June 30: Who were we and what were we thinking? Part 2
Writers and researchers gathered at Mada to share their thoughts about their positions on June 30.
Mada Masr
17 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 anniversary
Questions about June 30: Who were we and what were we thinking? Part 1
A group of writers and researchers gathered at Mada to share their thoughts about their positions on June 30.
Mada Masr
16 دقيقة قراءة
#freedom of the press
One story, many faces: How Egypt’s political TV is shaping public opinion
How have political narratives dominated Egypt’s most popular mode of news consumption?
Mada Masr
8 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 2016
June 30, 3 years on: Independent labor movements suffer more losses than gains
Independent labor unions were among those who joined the June 30 movement, but 3 years on, they say that they have not reaped any benefits for their once strong support.
Jano Charbel
6 دقيقة قراءة
#water scarcity
Annual water crisis: broken promises and local action
Citizens who are not able to circumvent Egypt's unequally distributed annual water shortages refuse to back down, even after a long chain of broken promises that have followed protests, meetings…
Heba Afify
11 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 2016
June 30, 3 years on: A changing regional map
Under the Muslim Brotherhood, rising regional powers celebrated Egypt while traditional stalwarts were worried. But after June 30, Egypt is playing more politics with everyone.
Omar Said
9 دقيقة قراءة
رأي
Alain Gresh
June 30, 3 years on: How Europe has re-oriented itself on Egypt
«Alain Gresh writes on where the European Union now stands on Egypt, 3 years after June30, 2013.»
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#June 30 2016
June 30, 3 years on: State efforts to depoliticize universities falter
June 30, 3 years on: A series of infographs that detail how the state's efforts to depoliticize universities have faltered in Egypt.
Mai Shams El-Din و Pesha Magid
3 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 2016
June 30, 3 years on: Copts and the state
Resurfacing attacks on Coptic Christians highlight unresolved grievances and a sectarianism that is perhaps more deeply seated within the Egyptian state.
Mai Shams El-Din
7 دقيقة قراءة
رأي
Josh Stacher
June 30, 3 years on: Who drives US-Egypt diplomacy?
«How has US policy toward Egypt changed in recent years?»
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#travel bans
Understanding 554 travel bans since 2011
Travel bans have become increasingly common since the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi 3 years ago.
Pesha Magid
5 دقيقة قراءة
#June 30 2016
June 30, 3 years on: The Muslim Brotherhood at breaking point
In the first of our series of articles three years after June 30, Mohamed Hamama narrates the Muslim Brotherhood's road to division.
Mohamed Hamama
8 دقيقة قراءة
#Alexandria Shipyard Company
The 4 times in Egyptian history civilian workers were tried by military courts
Since the army-led takeover of the Egyptian state in July 1952, there have been four historic cases in which military courts tried civilian workers for protesting in demand of basic…
Jano Charbel
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Aqrab Prison
Ramadan behind bars
As children were busy preparing decorations and putting them up in the streets ahead of Ramadan, and adults were listening to weather forecasts and advice not to expose themselves to…
Haitham Gabr
8 دقيقة قراءة
#2015 Paris attacks
France’s Nuit Debout awakens the politics of the streets
According to the Nuit Debout calendar, it was "March 45." It was 3:30 pm. Clamor. Shouting. Shots. Riot police were moving. People were running. Others just stepped aside. I poured…
Samuel Forey
11 دقيقة قراءة
#prominent detainees
How was almost LE5 million in prisoner fines collected in 10 days?
At 9 pm on Tuesday, May 24, in a Giza prison, an appeal session was underway for 47 defendants accused of protesting on April 25 against the conceding of Tiran…
Haitham Gabr
9 دقيقة قراءة
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