A group of young men in white t-shirts lock hands to form a cordon, keeping dozens of cheering and ululating women away from presidential hopeful Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he…
A woman is heckled as she argues that the media should be a platform for the youth to express themselves at a conference organized by a popular campaign supporting presidential…
Hossam Bahgat investigates: How Egyptians unknowingly paid for the ruling family's lavish lifestyle
Shubra al-Kheima is at the end of the line. From the lofty vista of its metro station, it is as if a giant broom had swept away the unwanted detritus…
The barbed wire blocking the road is the only indication of the whereabouts of presidential hopeful Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s campaign headquarters, located in the posh Al-Showaifat area in the Northern Cairo…
On the evening of March 5, 2011, then 19-year-old Tony Sabry was sheltered beneath a blanket as he participated in a sit-in for the first time in his life in…
Following a meeting with concerned Sharm el-Sheikh residents, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has halted work on a cliff restoration project until safety and environmental concerns are addressed. The project, which…
A recent statement by the Ministry of Interior on March 11 announced that private security companies would be used to secure football matches at stadiums across Egypt in response to…
The upcoming presidential elections are further polarizing the ranks of Egypt’s already divided trade unions. Celebrating Labor Day with the interim Cabinet, state-controlled federations are openly offering their services to…
Before he read out the verdict acquitting eight senior Interior Ministry officials accused of killing protesters in 2011, judge Hassan Eissa in Zagazig’s Criminal Court turned heads earlier this month…
On the set of Ibrahim Eissa’s new show “El Boss,” everyone refers to the celebrity journalist as “boss,” on and off camera. In his new endeavor – a talk show…
The spectre of Gamal Abdel Nasser is haunting Egypt’s upcoming presidential election. The election has set up a contest between two candidates who both, in different ways, claim Nasser’s legacy.…
In the small, rural towns of Minya, everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. So it was odd that the mechanic in the town of Bani Mazar knew so little about his…
“It is a Salafi dawah, a Sunni tariqa, a Sufi reality, a political establishment, a sports group, a scientific and cultural association, a corporation and a social concept.” These were…
The Engineers Syndicate elections held over the weekend witnessed another resounding vote against the formerly presiding Muslim Brotherhood. The Unified National List coalition, supported by the liberal-centrist Free Egyptians Party,…
For no discernible reason, attendees of the April 6 Youth Movement presser were made to wait outside the Lawyers Syndicate building before it started, where they were serenaded by a…
It’s 10 am and the contours of Tora Prison, south of Cairo, are filling with families arriving on time to visit relatives. Old 504 Peugeots are offloading passengers, whose faces…
“There is no such thing as freedom of religion on the podium of Prophet Mohamed,” the deputy minister of endowments proclaimed, referring to podiums from which Imams deliver sermons. “There…
“I am not interested in electoral programs,” declares Mazen Khaled, a 23-year old volunteer in the Kammel Gemeelak (Fulfill Your Promise) campaign. “It’s the CV, what has the person done.”…
Over eight university students have been killed and hundreds detained since the start of the academic year in September, following fierce clashes between police and students mostly belonging to the…
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