Reports

High school exams: Students’ dreams buried alive 

July 23, 2019  After two years of continuous study, the outstanding student Mennatallah Muhammad finally achieved a score of 97 per cent, but she still will not be able to enter the college she was dreaming of.  Menna’s mother explains…

A nationality for sale: What does the new citizenship law mean?

July 19, 2019 The Egyptian parliament has definitively and with a two-thirds majority approved the decision of the Prime Minister to amend some provisions of Law No. 89/ 1960 concerning the entry, residence and exit of foreigners to Egypt, and…

Mawadda isn’t the first: Women in Egypt are hostages for their wanted relatives

July 19, 2019 The security forces did not find her father, so they arrested her as a hostage. Her father, who is an opposition politician, handed himself over to the authorities, but when he surrendered in order to release his…

Al-Sisi and the Copts: The church wins and the Christians lose

July 18, 2019  On July 1, the Egyptian government approved 127 churches and a building attached to each, bringing the number of new churches approved by the government under General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to 1,021. However, this rise in the…

Al-Azhar’s al-Tayyib remains steadfast in the face of al-Sisi

July 18, 2019 While the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayeb has been absent from the country for surgery in Germany over the past month, his organisation has not been mentioned in the media. Over the past few months, the…

In Egypt being a journalist or a student at al-Azhar is enough to get you arrested

July 17, 2019 The Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) has issued a decision to renew the imprisonment of journalists Hisham Fouad and Hossam Moanis for 15 days pending investigation into the case, the “Hope Alliance”. Hisham and Hossam join dozens…

As parliamentary elections near, does the opposition stand a chance? 

July 17, 2019 The life span of the current Egyptian parliament will end at the beginning of October 2020, something that has driven some members of the opposition to get involved in political battles, despite the ruling regime. They have…

The new NGO law: Has Cairo responded to foreign pressure?

July 16, 2019 The Egyptian parliament has approved in principle a draft amendment to the NGO Law, which was introduced by the government, including a significant easing of restrictions on NGOs. Parliament’s social solidarity committee said that the law is…

Cairo’s new capital: Is it turning into a city of ghosts?

July 16, 2019 The Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) has started preliminary talks with several local banks to obtain financing of up to EGP 20 billion to fund facilities, infrastructure and various investments that are being implemented in the…

Under Egypt’s austerity measures the middle class is declining

July 15, 2019 The Egyptian people have suffered a grinding economic crisis since al-Sisi took office in 2014 after he ousted the late President Mohamed Morsi, allegedly in response to demonstrations. Since then the price increases and austerity measures have…