The proposed creation of three new governorates in Egypt has thrown the country’s territorial boundaries into a state of confusion, with some territories set to expand and others to shrink, some pushing closer to the desert while others will suddenly be nearer to the sea. The addition of Central Sinai, al-Alamein and al-Wahat will raise […]

To be a Gazan means to be either dead in Gaza or accused of being a terrorist in Cairo, if you manage to get there in the first place.  To be a Gazan means to be either dead in Gaza or accused of being a terrorist in Cairo, if you manage to get there in […]

Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court issued a decision on August 9 to dissolve the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)—the official party of the banned Muslim Brotherhood.  FJP is the first and only Islamist party to be dissolved by a court ruling. Various political factions were surveyed about whether this decision would be applied to other Egyptian […]

With the outburst of conflicts and shifts of power in the Arab region, Political Islam continues to grow more extreme, ISIS has emerged to turn things upside down and the Arab-Israeli conflict has gained a new dimension. Analyzing these events as they unfold, Fawaz Tarabolsi, Lebanese thinker, writer and leftist advocate, shares his perspective in […]

Ibrahim Sayed, a factory worker with two school children was shocked when the microbus driver asked him for two Egyptian pounds (US $0.28) to travel to work— double what he used to pay. Ibrahim Sayed, a factory worker with two school children was shocked when the microbus driver asked him for two Egyptian pounds (US […]

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a new Suez Canal Project earlier this month, but it turns out not to be terribly different from a project proposed by former President Morsi.  And, like his predecessor, al-Sisi’s expansion of the canal has been met with mixed reactions and  security fears. Nature of the project President Abdel Fattah […]

Shaimaa Ali gets around Alexandria using a somewhat unconventional means of transportation for a woman. “One day I was trapped in a traffic jam and I saw someone on a motor scooter easily pass through the cars. So I decided to buy one,” she said. That was two years ago and when Ali joined the […]

Since el-Sisi took office, he has not stopped asking Egyptians for money. In his recent speech  inaugurating the new lane of traffic in Suez Canal, he addressed the Egyptian people saying: “You shall donate money” for the Tahya Masr (Long Live Egypt) Fund. Prsident El-Sisi himself has already donated money to the fund and he […]

No one can quite believe how Islam Yaken, a wealthy and well-educated Egyptian—he studied at the French school Lycee la Liberte and earned a law degree from Ain Shams University—could turn into a jihadist? Shocked users of social networks tried to contact Yaken to verify whether his account was real or of he was even […]

Salah Ansari, a left-wing worker, trade unionist and labor expert has fought several battles, both during times of war and peace and more often in Egypt’s labor struggles. A labor training expert with ILO, International Trade Unions Federation, Trade Union Services Office and other institutions, 60-year-old Ansari is still able to rouse his fellow workers […]