COVID-19
COVID-19 drive-thru testing rollout blurs lines between public, private sectors
The prime minister visited the company’s first drive-through site the day it opened, on June 15.
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detox • 11 min read
Detox | Deliver us to freedom
This is a guide to try and breach the barrier, as we long for the day that it finally comes down.
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North Sinai • 13 min read
Province of Sinai militants occupy North Sinai villages forcing mass displacement
Province of Sinai militants have occupied the villages of Qatiya, Iqtiya, Ganayen and Merih
28 July 2020
detox • 12 min read
Detox | Summer absurdities
A battle is raging at the coast, too — namely over what women should or should not wear on the beach
25 July 2020
Daily COVID-19 roundup • 12 min read
Daily COVID-19 roundup: July 21
A coronavirus vaccines manufactured by China currently in trials is set to be produced by Egypt.
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detox • 14 min read
Detox | Respite
Let’s take a few steps away from what's happening around us and try to unwind.
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videos • 1 min read
Video | Angry seas in al-Mex
Nada Gamal | Residents in Alexandria's historical al-Mex were handed eviction notices last month
17 July 2020
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immorality charges • 6 min read
In new precedent, women jailed for 2 years for violating ‘family values’ in TikTok videos
28 July 2020
Renaissance Dam • 5 min read
Ethiopia irrigation minister: Ethiopia has not started filling dam, pooling in reservoir due to rains is ‘known to Egyptian president’
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detainee and prisoner health • 6 min read
Journalist Mohamed Mounir dies after release from prison
14 July 2020
parliamentary elections • 7 min read
Despite continuing impact of COVID-19, Senate elections date set for August
5 July 2020
 
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The silent nights of curfew
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Ismail Fayed
On queerness and the jargon of authenticity
a utopia free of any Western influence only exists in the delusions of some postcolonial academics
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Sharif Abdel Kouddous
City Limits of the Dead
Our bodies are never safe from the people who rule this place. Not in life, not even in death.
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Yasmin El-Rifae
Inherent guilt: Menna Abdel Aziz and the victims of Ahmed Bassam Zaki
Rape is not done by monsters, it is done by human beings
20 July 2020
 
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The worker’s rock bottom moment
Andeel | Worker: "What do you mean he is going to be BURIED in it?"
26 December 2016
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