A state of fear overwhelms the 18 patients of the Damanhour National Medical Institute Hospital (DNMI) Peritoneal Dialysis Unit (PDU) since the dialysate-providing company stopped supplying the northwestern Egyptian hospital with the agreed upon quantities. The preferred supplier confirmed suspension of all its production lines, not just that of the dialysate, and says it is […]

I  was 10-years-old on August 12, 1988, when Egyptian police forces stormed the Adam Mosque in Ain Shams. The storming of the mosque, which was planned  by Interior Minister Zaki Bader, ignited a violent outbreak of bloody clashes in the area between the Islamic group and the police forces over a period of two weeks. […]

When Akhbar al-Adab (Literature News) was founded by a group of intellectuals in 1993, few of its journalists could have known that 20 years later they would be celebrating being the only cultural newspaper continuously published in two decades in Egypt. And now without an editor-in-chief. The battles fought by Akhbar Al-Adab journalists against their […]

Tense in Tahrir Neighborhood watch groups filed into the main street of Dokki to prevent the arrival of Muslim Brotherhood’s cars at Nahda Square. Some activists even agreed to be armed, a request from the Dokki Police Station, a move that is being considered to activate community policing. Tense in Tahrir Neighborhood watch groups filed […]

Among the crowd of demonstrators is 38-year-old Ahmed Amin, screaming “bread, freedom and Islamic law” at the top of his lungs. It has become a common slogan in the tourist resort of Luxor, 670 kilometres south of Cairo. Among the crowd of demonstrators is 38-year-old Ahmed Amin, screaming “bread, freedom and Islamic law” at the […]

Yasser Abdulhafez: The beginning of a rough road “Journalism as I know it is a state of collective creativeness. You start a sentence and a colleague adds to it to create an open text that only ends when those involved lose their desire to continue. Hence came the new issue of Akhbar Al-Adab. After our […]

Nearly two dozen Al-Jazeera journalists have resigned in Egypt, accusing the broadcaster of a “lack of impartiality” in recent political coverage. Twenty-two journalists from Al-Jazeera Mubasher, an Egyptian branch of the Qatar-based broadcaster, have left the media giant in protest at a perceived political agenda within the media outlet’s stance. Journalists resign over “unbalanced coverage” […]

On the night of August 3, clashes between Copts and Muslims broke out in the village of Bani Ahmed Sharqiyah in the Minya Governorate, about 240 kilometers south of Cairo. And all because of a song. A song to blame The clashes are believed to have started following an altercation between a Muslim and a […]

Online radio stations are popular among Asyut Governorate’s youth as many consider them a powerful, anonymous medium through which to vent their frustrations. Among these stations is Jafra FM, which is run by Radhya Ali, a poet from the village of Assara in Asyut. Jafra is the product of a unique partnership between Radhya Ali […]

A pledge of 12 billion dollars in aid from Gulf States to Egypt has revived hopes of a closer relationship between the Middle Eastern neighbours. Following the toppling of Mohamed Morsi and the declaration of a new roadmap for Egypt, a number of Persian Gulf States rushed to provide economic aid. A pledge of 12 […]