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Egypt

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  • EconomyEgyptPoliticsTop story

    Neo-Pharaonism, Egypt’s ultra-nationalists and the hidden hand of the state

    By Dalia Ibraheem
    June 13, 2023
    Cancelling Kevin Hart’s show last February exposed a virulent racism lurking beneath the revival of a popular movement long considered pagan.  “You are our ...
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  • Rasha Mekky with her adopted son Mostafa. Credit: Rasha Mekky.
    Editor's PicksEgyptFellowsSociety

    “People said it’s haram”: Happy mums show reality of adoption in Egypt

    By Lara Reffat
    May 25, 2022
    Individuals telling their stories and shifts in popular culture are gradually eroding the stigma around Kafala adoption. When Rasha Mekky reached her mid-20s, she ...
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  • Esraa, a customer of the bike lessons service Dosy, on the bike of a motorbike in Cairo, Egypt. Credit: Dosy.
    Editor's PicksEgyptFellowsSociety

    Egypt’s patriarchy says women don’t ride bikes. These women disagree.

    By Lara Reffat
    February 16, 2022
    Despite facing harassment, more and more women and girls are defying sexist attitudes and riding bikes and motorbikes around Cairo. Heba Attia first started ...
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  • African climate protesters at COP26 in Glasgow, UK.
    ClimateEditor's PicksEgypt

    2022 is Africa’s year to lead the world on climate change

    By Mohamed Adow
    January 12, 2022
    The COP27 climate summit on African soil will be the continent’s chance to put the needs of vulnerable nations above the interests of rich ...
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  • Editor's PicksEgyptRadical Activism in Africa

    Egypt’s sexual revolutionaries tackling the tyranny within

    By Mona Eltahawy
    October 20, 2021
    Meet the women and queer people sparking a revolution against the patriarchy through Arabic-language online platforms and sex toys. This article is part of ...
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  • Egypt Ethiopia GERD dam
    Africa InsidersEgyptEthiopia

    Africa Insiders: Egypt finds itself downstream without a paddle

    By Africa Insiders
    January 15, 2020
    The essentials: Egypt and Ethiopia failed again to find a compromise on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive construction project on Ethiopia’s ...
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  • Africa InsidersEgypt

    Africa Insiders: In Egypt, protests return to the streets

    By Africa Insiders
    October 10, 2019
    The essentials: Seven years after the revolution and five years after the military coup that brought President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to power, another wave ...
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  • Sudan Middle East influence
    Editor's PicksEgyptRed SeaSudan

    Cash and contradictions: On the limits of Middle Eastern influence in Sudan

    By Alex de Waal
    August 1, 2019
    Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt have been heavily involved in Sudan following al-Bashir’s downfall. But not everything is going their way. In Sudan, ...
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  • Beautiful GameEconomyEgyptPolitics

    Egypt: When football stadiums become military zones

    By Eg
    July 23, 2019
    At the recently concluded AFCON, Egypt’s politics of control against its own fans was on display in the empty stands.  A few weeks ago ...
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  • In 2011, mass protests led to the downfall of President Mubarak. In 2013, the military retook power in a coup. Credit: Gigi Ibrahim.
    Editor's PicksEgyptPoliticsSudan

    This is how our revolution in Egypt failed. Sudan, please be warned.

    By Osama Gaweesh
    June 5, 2019
    After Egypt’s 2011 revolution, the military soon acted to retake power. Today, Sudan’s military is behaving and talking in the exact same way.  A ...
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