Month: July 2020

A poor Egyptian child hoping to return to school attracts a wave of sympathy

In dirty clothes, the anchor asked him an easy and much-repeated question: “What if you got the lamp of Aladdin, and the genie got out of it to ask you what your wish was?” He replied with a faded, ripped…

Su-35 deal: Would Egypt buy Russia’s blessings with America’s wrath?

This week, many websites specialised in military affairs published photos that they said were the first published pictures of the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 (Su-35) aircraft coming out carrying the Egyptian Air Force’s camouflage colours, similar to those of the Russian…

The web developing industry faces risk of collapse in Egypt

Website creation companies have informed their customers in Egypt of new restrictions on the establishment and launch of websites, including personal and commercial sites, which caused a major shock to the website creation industry in the country. The Supreme Council…

The High Dam: Egypt’s miracle faces an existential danger

After the Egyptians sang to it and considered it their miracle, which tamed the rebel river and provided electricity to large areas in Egypt, the High Dam faces an existential danger of declining levels of the Nile and Lake Nasser…

Beaches of the poor: Cheap death in Egypt

During the past two weeks, the beach of al-Agami district, west of the coastal city of Alexandria, swallowed 15 young people who went for walks, enjoying the beach. Until Friday morning, the search continued for the bodies of four members…

Al-Sisi’s Sovereign Wealth Fund takes over 126 government companies

The Egyptian House of Representatives has approved amendments of certain provisions of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) establishment law. These amendments gave the SWF, which is subject to orders only from al-Sisi, the right to take over 126 public sector…

Green bonds: A red flag for Egypt’s economy

In a continuation of the borrowing and loan policy direction in which the Egyptian regime is going, Bloomberg Agency revealed that the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Egypt is entering an advanced stage to issue $500 million…

The data protection law: Al-Sisi violates Egyptians’ privacy

“A law legalising the violation of Egyptians’ data privacy on the pretext of national security.” This is how political analysts described the law issued by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last week, on “protecting personal data,” ignoring the intense objections and…

Has the military option to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis been completely excluded?

After every stumbling block in the negotiations for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), or Ethiopian progress in building the dam, Egyptian cries are emerging in the media and among the elites, inciting the regime to take the military option…

Why did the army’s campaigns fail to eliminate violence in Sinai?

Seven years of continuous attacks and strikes targeting the Egyptian army and police camps and checkpoints in North Sinai, which Sinai Wilayet (the local branch of ISIS) claim responsibility for, have made it seem like an endless war. Targeting one…