Coronavirus
No backup sent to hospital after most of its medical staff contract coronavirus
"Every 30 minutes, a patient dies in front of our eyes before we even take a swab"
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detox • 11 min read
Detox | For your ears only
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Daily COVID-19 roundup • 21 min read
Daily COVID-19 roundup: June 4
Family of deceased Mounira Hospital doctor accuses health minister, administration of negligence
4 June 2020
Coronavirus • 10 min read
How factories are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic
Mostafa Mohie | Several factories across Egypt have been forced to shut down in recent weeks.
3 June 2020
book review • 21 min read
Learning the proper posture to become an internet imposter while reading Impostures
Matthew Chovanec | These days we’re all trying to hide on the internet.
3 June 2020
Daily COVID-19 roundup • 14 min read
Daily COVID-19 roundup: June 2
The true number of total infections could be five times official figure, says minister.
2 June 2020
Coronavirus • 12 min read
Turned away from hospitals, a Tora prison employee dies, raising concern about the pandemic in overcrowded prisons
The Interior Ministry released a statement on Sunday addressing Hegazy’s death.
31 May 2020
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immorality charges • 5 min read
Ongoing arrests of social media personalities on morality charges
1 June 2020
Alaa Abd El Fattah • 4 min read
Alaa Abd El Fattah ends hunger strike after 36 days
18 May 2020
Mada Masr • 3 min read
Update: Mada Masr Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah released from police custody
17 May 2020
prison conditions • 5 min read
As detainees remain cut off amid pandemic, Alaa Abd El Fattah continues month-long hunger strike
14 May 2020
 
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Quarantine poetry in Iran
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Bruno Latour
What protective measures can you think of so we don’t go back to the pre-crisis production model?
If everything has stopped, and all cards can be put on the table
29 May 2020
Hala Osman
Hope amid exhaustion
We must have all the time in the world, how else can we keep trying?
26 May 2020
Sanaa Seif
Death’s child
"Shady is a child of death, he can’t be with those people.”
5 May 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?"
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