As it grapples with security issues and economic crises, Egypt faces another annual obstacle: how to combat organized cheating on high school thanaweya amma exams. As the final examination marathon began…
«As Ramadan approaches each year, I begin to get nervous about a phenomenon that is as characteristic to the holy month as soap-watching marathons have become:…»
«May 17 marks International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biophobia. While I’m not the biggest fan of global commemoration days, I admit that they do sometimes help…»
The mother of a three-year-old boy raped by a 36-year-old security guard at a private school in Nasr City last month screamed for justice outside a police station after receiving…
«Every individual who becomes aware of the formidable struggles we face every day has an inescapable responsibility.»
Over a year ago, I began interviewing food activists and researchers in Egypt on the question of food. I had noticed how there were a number of new initiatives that…
It was one of those rare occurrences when I was not too tired to make babysitting arrangements, dress nicely and head downtown for a night out with a group of…
Leaving Atlanta in 1997, using her last dollars before the long trip home, Mona Naim picked up a book called “Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal” — light…
Egypt ranks second worldwide in terms of the volume of pornography shared online, coming only after Iraq, according to the global statistical study “Who are the largest consumers of online…
«Neither the female protesters in Egypt and Yemen's Tahrir Squares, nor those in Tunisia’s Qasba or Libya’s Shaqra Square, nor even the women of the Syrian city of…»
On International Women’s Day, Mada Masr puts forward a list of firsts for Egyptian women. From sports to politics, here are some of the first women to achieve significant landmarks.…
On International Women's Day, here is Mada Masr's A-Z of the experiences and challenges Egyptian women have faced this year. A is for the Armed Forces, who were called on to…
«Women today are fighting for their financial independence, and for their right to live outside their family homes.»
A group of public figures filled a large glitzy hall in Cairo’s Nile Ritz Carlton to promote a set of 10 values for Egyptian society. These values will “restore Egypt’s bright…
«“Sexuality is about health, pleasure, bodies, violence, rights, identity and empowerment ... about families, domestic space, intimate relations and public engagements …” Definitions of sexuality often…»
Dozens of Cairo University students, faculty members and medical staff protested on Sunday against a ban on wearing niqab, both on campus and at university-affiliated medical centers. Although the demonstration…
In a surprise development, 2015 saw the conviction of a doctor for performing female circumcision after 13-year-old Soheir al-Batea died during the procedure. Batea’s parents took the doctor to court,…
«It is hot in the microbus that takes me and a local activist to a village located about 10 kilometres from Luxor’s city centre. We ask…»
On a Saturday morning, seven women and three men sit on bean bags in Ikhtyar's Abbasseya office engaged in a thematic discussion of classical Arabic literature. The texts, written in…
While violence against women in the public sphere has gained more attention in Egypt in the past few years, domestic violence, or what is termed “violence in the private sphere,”…
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