Between two mosques: Al-Sisi is buying a false history and demolishing the real one
August 23, 2019 Less than a year passed since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened his grand mosque in the new administrative capital when he made the decision to demolish a smaller mosque in the northern province of Alexandria. The area of…
The army’s dominance is catastrophic for Egypt
August 23, 2019 It’s no secret for any Egyptian that the generals are dominating all aspects of life – politics, economics, the press, academia, health and even sports. The Egyptian regime appoints the majority of directors across institutions without considering their…
In Egypt there are no trials, only slaughter
August 23, 2019 In an endless series of death sentences in Egypt, a Court in Cairo has sentenced six Egyptian defendants to death in a preliminary conviction in the case known as the “Popular Resistance Committee in Kerdasa.” In practice,…
Secretary general of media regulation council arrested for corruption
August 22, 2019 The Administrative Control Authority arrested Ahmed Selim, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, from his office on Tuesday morning. The authority has charged him with bribery and profiteering by taking advantage of his power….
Ministry of Health initiates project for treating psychiatric disorders
August 22, 2019 The Ministry of Health has announced it is preparing a national project to confront a variety of psychiatric disorders including “anxiety, depression, tension and insomnia,” as well as social and family stress. This will be applied by…
UN postpones anti-torture conference in Cairo after backlash
The UN has postponed an anti-torture conference due to take place in Cairo, following an outcry from human rights activists who accused the organisation of “whitewashing” the Egyptian government’s abuses. The conference on “defining and criminalising torture in the Arab…
Students are the victims of blundering in Egypt’s education ministry
August 21, 2019 High school students are suffering uncertainty and confusion in the absence of answers about the fate of their school system in the next academic year, which reinforced the feeling among students that the Egyptian regime does not…
On the anniversary of the detainees’ vehicle massacre mass killers are free
August 21, 2019 On the sixth anniversary of what is known as the detainees’ vehicle massacre, which followed the Rabaa massacre, Egyptians consider that this incident is a stark example of the contradiction in Egyptian judiciary judgments. This incident occurred…
Life, Death and Laughter as Egypt Farmers Battle Climate Change
Packed into an open-air theater to watch a play on climate change, the Egyptian villagers near the ancient city of Luxor rock with laughter — even though it’s a performance about life and death. “What’s your secret?” asks one actor,…
Russia nuclear explosion frightens Egypt
August 20, 2019 Thousands of kilometres from Cairo a nuclear explosion rocked the Russian city of Severodvinsk. The explosion was analysed by the whole world, but the Egyptians had greater reasons to worry. The Russian nuclear reactor at the site…
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