‘Guardianship is my right’: Egyptian women revolt against taboos
“I cannot travel… I cannot take my daughter out of school… I cannot open a bank account for my son.” These are some of the problems that women of all ages and social conditions in Egypt encounter every day. These…
Non-union journalists forgotten in Egypt’s prisons
After three years of silence, hoping to get her detained husband out but to no avail, Asmaa Mohamed, the wife of the Egyptian journalist Mohamed Saeed, spoke about his suffering in his cell and the media’s discard of him and…
Not prisons but tombs: Egypt’s detainees die from medical negligence and bad conditions
Since the coup against Mohamed Morsi, the first elected civilian president in Egypt in 2013, Egyptian prisons have been crowded with large numbers of opponents of the authorities, hundreds of whom died due to what human rights activists and opponents…
The success of Egyptian opposition TV channels reflects the failure of official media
“The Failure” was the broad headline that describes the state-sponsored media machine in Egypt over the past few days. The regime acknowledged the weakness of the media supporting it and sought closing or restricting the opposition media abroad. Perhaps the…
Will Al-Sisi’s debts limit Egypt’s options in the GERD crisis?
Debt is a heavy word on Egyptians. It carries a legacy from the decades of the occupation, about 150 years ago, as the British used excessive borrowing on the part of the ruling Alawite family at the time as a…
Tears and pain: Mother’s Day in Al-Sisi’s prisons
Blogs on social media documented the tears and pain that thousands of mothers suffer in Egypt as the country celebrates Mother’s Day in a way that embarrasses the regime. Egypt celebrates on March 21 every year, but it coincides with…
Egypt and the IMF: Good indicators, bad social conditions
In November 2016, Egypt signed a $12 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund. This three-year agreement included the IMF’s primary conditions, such as floating the exchange rate of the Egyptian pound, controlling the general budget, increasing taxes, and…
Al-Sisi’s decision to raise the minimum wage suggests imminent wave of high prices
With great irony and a faint smile, Said El-Messiri, an employee at a government institution in Egypt, commented on the presidency’s announcement of raising the minimum wage as part of the wage allocations announced in the budget for the next…
A new floating of the Egyptian pound appears on the horizon
“The new liberalisation of Egypt’s currency.” This topic has sparked growing fears and intense debate recently among Egyptians. This debate has gained increasing importance in light of the critical monetary phase the Egyptian pound faces after the increase in the…
Women are forbidden at Egypt’s hotels if they travel alone
Last July, Heba Afifi, an Egyptian journalist and activist, tried to reserve a hotel room in the city of Minya (in the south of the country). In light of her failure to get a room, she got the impression that…
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