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privatization
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More talk, little action: Why are Egyptian authorities unable to sell stakes in state-owned companies?
Omaima Ismail
| As of the first week of December, shares of just one government company has been listed on EGX.
detox
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Detox | Issue 10: Burning manuscripts, empty landscapes and the fear of forgetting
"I’m still praying that time will be fair to us and that everything we’ve done won’t be in vain."
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Detox | Issue 09: Deep Breath
We are okay. Or at least we think so.
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Detox | Issue 08: On birds, language and revolution
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Mahmoud al-Sisi
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President’s eldest son, Mahmoud al-Sisi, sidelined from powerful intelligence position to diplomatic mission in Russia
The move seeks to alleviate growing tensions within the intelligence apparatus about his role
exports
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Gone with the wind: The flotation’s impact on Egyptian exports
Mohamed Ramadan and Sara Seif Eddin
| "We import the buttons, we import the zippers, then we cheer when we export the ready-to-wear shirt"
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journalist detentions
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China, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia are world’s worst jailers of journalists in 2019, according to CPJ
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Plainclothes security raid Mada Masr office for several hours, detain 3 including Chief Editor Lina Attalah
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Update from Mada Masr regarding the arrest of colleague Shady Zalat
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URGENT: Statement regarding the arrest of Mada Masr colleague Shady Zalat
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2019
Diptychs from Lebanon’s Revolts
Roi Saade and Tamara Abdul Hadi
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Rana Mamdouh
Woes of an ordinary journalist
Who added my name to these lists? And why?
Mohamed Naeem
In Egypt, nothing has changed — but perhaps everything has
This repressive regime has set itself an unattainable goal: to silence everyone all the time forever
Nader Andrawos
Speaking of Evil: Are human rights a new religion?
The history of human rights is a strange, confusing collage of many events from across the world.
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The worker’s rock bottom moment
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| Worker: "What do you mean he is going to be BURIED in it?"
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