Walking through the halls of the Doria Shafik exhibition, curated by art historian Nadine Nour el-Din on the 50th anniversary of Shafik’s death, I couldn’t help but notice the tensions of a life story ...
Sabah al-Raqab is one of only 12 Palestinians who have been able to return to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing since its partial reopening on Monday. She left Arish in the morning with a group of ...
The Egyptian military’s expanding involvement in economic activities— from land acquisition and private company purchases to the rollout of commercial ventures — was flagged by the International ...
In late October, Supply Minister Ali al-Moselhi announced that the price of a loaf of subsidized bread would remain fixed at 5 piasters for the time being. With the ministry having concluded its ...
As the public bus approaches the main gate of Asmarat on Street 9 of the Cairo district of Moqattam, a police officer and two security guards appear. The bus goes through the manually operated boom ...
When news broke in February that an Egyptian firm named Dolphinus Holdings had signed a US$15 billion deal to purchase Israeli natural gas for supply to Egypt, the Egyptian government refused to ...
When Mada Masr visited the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees agency offices in Cairo one morning last week, a crowd of hundreds, including many elderly and visibly ill people, was gathered ...
A little over a year ago, a new pharmacy chain became the topic of a national controversy. Named for its hotline, 19011, the pharmacy chain had grown rapidly in a short period of time to become the ...
In Egypt, all imported meat must be certified as “halal,” meaning that it has been procured, stored and shipped in accordance with Islamic law. Obtaining this certificate is a crucial requirement for ...
It was around noon on February 20, 2019 when Mounira* first heard the news. She was at home watching television when a news bulletin flashed on the screen announcing that nine prisoners had been ...
The Planning Ministry released on Sunday the National Narrative for Economic Development, a document first announced last week as the government’s program for economic reform. Presented as a ...
After days of intimidation by eastern Libyan authorities and the arrest of at least 13 participants, the Sumud caravan, which had set off from Tunisia last week in an attempt to break the siege in ...