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…
A new economic venture for the army: Dubci competes with Uber and Careem
Mohammed Al-BatawyJuly 15, 2019 The former spokesman of the armed forces, Brigadier General Mohammad Samir, and his wife, Iman Abu Talib, appeared at the celebration of the announcement of the new company Dubci, which plans to compete with Uber and…
Journalism in Egypt: hushed voices
No voice to raise, no pencil to write and no cameras to observe; this is the current reality of Egyptian journalism. On the morning of June 25 we woke up to news published in several Egyptian newspapers that the Ministry…
Has Egypt lost Libya?
July 11, 2019 Once General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was stable at the head of power in Egypt, another general emerged in Libya. Khalifa Haftar has announced his intention to overthrow those he describes as Islamists in the Libyan government. Since…
Al-Sisi and Sudan SCAF at crossroads
Mohammed Al-BatawyJuly 10, 2019 African mediation finally breathed a sigh of relief at the agreement between the Forces of Freedom and Change in Sudan and the Transitional Military Council on a transitional period of 39 months until a full civilian…
Hidden political goals: why US military aid to Egypt is immune to scrutiny
Mohammed Al-BatawyJuly 10, 2019 A President has gone. Human rights conditions have worsened. Political conditions have deteriorated. US military aid to Egypt is immune to the scrutiny the media thinks it is subject to. Military aid to Egypt amounts to…
The Egypt Football Association resignations: accountability is always late in Cairo
Mohammed al-BatawyJuly 8, 2019 Immediately after the match between Egypt and South Africa, which resulted in the exit of the Egyptian team from the African Cup of Nations, reports circulated demanding that members of the Egyptian Football Association be banned…
When Egypt compares global fuel prices there is no mention of income
Mohammed Al-Batawy July 8, 2019 Once the Egyptian government announced its decision to increase the price of fuel, the media loyal to the Egyptian regime began to justify those increases and compare them with global fuel prices, especially in Europe…
Egypt in a week: new loans, military satellite receiver, price increases
Ahmed GamalJuly 8, 2019 The Secretary General of the Peasants Syndicate is set to announce a quick plan to control prices in the Egyptian market within hours, and has told Al-Masry Al-Youm: “If the price of tomatoes increase, we will…
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