Month: February 2021

Through his arms deal did Biden disappoint Egyptian detainees?

The US State Department announced its approval to sell tactical missiles to Egypt worth $197 million, indicating that it would like to support a “strategic partner” from outside NATO. This deal came as a crack in the broad hopes of…

The decline of unemployment: The fraud al-Sisi’s regime promotes

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics in Egypt declared a decline of unemployment in Q4 of year 2020 to 7.2 per cent compared with 7.3 per cent in Q3 of year 2020, and eight per cent in Q4…

Al-Sisi’s regime erases historical Cairo and distorts history

Fears and criticism are increasing in Egypt about the disappearance of the historical face of Cairo, due to the bridges and expansions carried out by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, which resulted in the demolition of many heritage and historical buildings…

Ali Abdel Aal: The regime’s trumpet that has no value

The absence of Ali Abdel Aal, the ex-spokesman for the Egyptian parliament and current member, from the sessions of the parliament indicated his discontent over his exclusion from the presidency of the parliament. News leaked about a promise given by…

Sister of Ahmed Douma: ‘My brother suffers psychiatric symptoms and receives treatment for COVID-19’

Sister of political activist Ahmed Douma said that her brother is suffering respiratory distress from suspected COVID-19. Eman added on Facebook that she visited her brother on Monday in Tora Prison and he was careful to distance from her due…

Detained doctor dies in Egypt prison of COVID-19 infection

Professor Ezzat Kamel, the chairman of the orthopedics department in Ain Shams University, died, on Tuesday, at 70-years-old, in Tora Prison, where he had been detained. The Egyptian Medical Syndicate mourned Kamel, and his lawyer Nabih al-Gendy said that his…

Saudi Arabia to call for a summit over the crisis of the Ethiopian Dam and Nile water

During his visit to Khartoum, Ahmed bin Abdel Aziz Al-Qattan, the Saudi minister of state for African affairs, announced that Saudi Arabia is to call for a summit to end the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, pointing out…

Al-Sisi’s statements on population increase provoke widespread criticism

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s statements, on Monday, during the opening of the Medical Complex in Ismalia, have provoked widespread criticism on opposition media outlets and social media. Al-Sisi said that the population overgrowth has not just affected the health sector but…

Egypt and Ethiopia compete for the White House

Since US President Joe Biden’s arrival to power, no member of his administration has addressed the Renaissance Dam crisis, and no one knows so far how it will be addressed, especially since commentators have preferred to adopt a neutral stance….

Egypt is sacrificing its water for its Gulf allies

Fetisov Journalism Awards nominated the press series titled, “Until the last drop” by Mada Masr news website, the winner of the third rank in the category of the investigations. “How does Egypt’s water achieve food security for the Arab Gulf?”…