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features

Shoot, post and share: The viral accusations against Sisi and the military that led to Friday’s protests

Omar Said and Rana Mamdouh | Sisi’s mesh of endearing and threatening discourse might have only given his opponents a leg up.

21 September 2019

Egypt’s cement industry disrupted by entry of military as major new market player

Omaima Ismail | The additional supply forced companies to lower their prices an average of 15% in the past year

18 September 2019

Sisi refutes contractor’s allegations that state funds were wasted on vanity projects at hastily organized youth conference

He accuses Sisi of wasting money on presidential palaces and the army of squandering billions

15 September 2019

Sisi says military economy is 1.5% of Egypt’s GDP, but how accurate is this?

Mohamed Hamama | Analysts raise concerns Sisi's remarks on size of Egypt's military economy may not give a full picture.

2 November 2016

Opinion

Omar Robert Hamilton

Carbon Colonies & A Green New Deal

Can the climate emergency show us how to see through the political stasis of our current regimes?

14 January 2020

Mohamed Gad

A corporate state mentality

“It’s like there’s a hole in my pocket,” a friend says to me, as she wonders where her income

17 December 2018

Ezzedine C. Fishere

Why the Egyptian military will relinquish power

The military elite has not modified its behavior, and may soon manoeuvre into a new role

3 July 2018

News

New security measures at military-owned Arish cement factory after contracted drivers halt work

19 November 2017

Military production minister: We want to expand our civilian business partnerships

24 January 2017

Breast exams mandatory to get subsidized infant formula: Health Ministry

11 September 2016

Sisi: Official military expenditure lowest in region, additional expenditure from private military funds

23 August 2016