Egypt’s Sisi leads a luxurious life despite austerity measures
A few days ago, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a sudden decision to stop granting food subsidies cards to newly married couples, declaring that the subsidy has been the reason for the state’s decades-long delay toward development. Unfortunately, this decision…
Medical negligence in Egyptian prisons kills 59 detainees during 2021
This December witnessed the death of 5 political detainees inside places of detention, due to medical negligence, bringing the number of victims in the prisons of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime during 2021 to 59. This comes at a time…
Love is banned: No food subsidies for the newly married couples
Surprisingly, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced the suspension of granting catering support cards to newly married couples, considering that the subsidy is the reason for the state’s decades-long delay in development. Al-Sisi’s statements, which came on the sidelines of the inauguration…
The middle class under attack: Unending new taxes over the middle income in Egypt
The Egyptian government is seeking to pass legal amendments aimed at imposing new taxes that essentially burden the middle class, at a time when the general population is suffering from the high prices of goods and services and high inflation,…
Refugees in Egypt: Sisi’s political trump card
The Egyptian officials have highlighted growing refugee numbers in Egypt. In 2016, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stated at the G20 summit that Egypt hosts over five million refugees and migrants. Then in 2020, Al-Sisi put the number of Syrian refugees and…
A former Egyptian presidential candidate fears for his life after cyberattacks
The leader of Ghad El-Thawra party and former Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour fears for his life after his phone was hacked by two different groups. The exiled activist was a long-standing opponent of the late dictator Hosni Mubarak and…
The disappearance of the Emirati ambassador in Cairo, amid reports of his involvement in the case of smuggling antiquities
About 4 months after his appointment as ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Cairo, Ambassador Hamad Al Shamsi suddenly disappeared from view, coinciding with the Egyptian authorities’ announcement of the arrest of a former parliamentarian and a prominent businessman,…
The crime in Sisi’s Egypt is not being corrupt, it is exposing corruption
Every time audio leaks related to the regime in Egypt are published or broadcast and affect President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as a person or one of his aides, the matter makes headlines and trends on social media for days. Egyptian…
Egypt’s stock exchange is collapsing. Can a blackout solve it?
The shares of the Egyptian stock exchange have recently witnessed a sharp decline, despite the government’s announcement of a package of incentives to support the capital market. But instead of searching for and addressing the real reasons that push the…
Sisi uses Covid-19 to restrict freedom of research and expression
President Abdel Fattah Sisi has issued Law 152 of 2021 regarding measures to confront epidemics and health pandemics, an important law that addresses a legislative vacuum. The new law gives important powers to the prime minister in the event of…
Recent Comments