Rabaa massacre: A decade on, Egypt remains clouded by denial
A decade ago, in the early morning hours of 14 August 2013, a haunting symphony of gunshots pierced the air, forever etching a somber tale into my consciousness. What might have sounded like the customary exuberance of wedding festivities in Egypt soon unraveled…
Egypt: Ten years after Rabaa, families still in the dark over fate of missing children
It’s 7:30pm and in Egypt‘s hopelessly gridlocked capital, the cacophonous symphony of honks and beeps ring out from the overcrowded streets. The sounds drown out the roars of children playing football and the sunset call for prayer. But inside Badria el-Sayed’s…
Rabaa massacre: The founding social contract of Sisi’s new republic
Ten years since the biggest mass killing in the country’s modern history, the state has decimated the public’s right to dissent. Ten years ago in broad daylight, Egypt’s police and military carried out the biggest massacre in the country’s modern history. …
Egypt rebuffs US requests to arm Ukraine
Egypt has snubbed multiple requests from the US to send weapons to Ukraine, underlining how far Cairo is willing to go to maintain a neutral position on the war in Europe, despite receiving billions of dollars in US military aid. US…
How Sisi Ruined Egypt
The coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke. Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the grips of what could be described as “Sisi-mania.” Songs, sandwiches, music videos, poems, and even pajamas paid tribute to…
Memories of a Massacre: Documentary on Egypt’s Rabaa crackdown premieres
Nicky Bolster’s documentary chronicles the killing of hundreds of protesters in Rabaa Square after Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013. A documentary chronicling the killing of hundreds of Egyptian protesters at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square following the 2013 coup that swept Abdel…
Is it safe to travel to Egypt?
”Some parts of Egypt have travel advisories in place, while some acts such as drinking in public could land you in hot water. Here’s what you need to know.” From the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Luxor to…
Inflation, IMF austerity and grandiose military plans edge more Egyptians into poverty
Increasing numbers of Egyptians are desperately hunting for second jobs, cutting back on eating meat and scrambling to find new ways to cope with soaring prices, amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis. Ahmed Fawzi is searching for a second job even…
Egypt’s economic impasse: Sisi still launches unfeasible projects for propaganda
Last Friday, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi toured the capital, Cairo, which revealed the process of establishing a new project within the projects of his national government, which are considered by the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors who are calling for…
Assaults on football fans: New Instance of the Egyptian police state
On April 23, activists and several fans of the Egyptian club Al-Ahly published clips of two police officers arresting public members and dragging them among the spectators in their club’s match against Moroccan Raja in the quarter-finals of the African…
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