Year: 2016

‘Sinai Province’ continues targeting civilians in North Sinai

The IS-affiliated group kills three residents in Rafah and Al-Arish for cooperating…

Taha Sakr

Evaluating Al-Sisi at the two-year mark

On 8 June, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi completed half of his first…

Walaa Gad Elkarim

Vodafone acquires 300,000 new customers in March 2016

80,000 new customers for ADSL, land lines lose 300,000 users

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Shoukry, Kerry discuss efforts to revive peace process

Earlier this month, Egypt participated in a French-led conference aimed at bringing…

Ahmed Abbas

Dutch woman held in Qatar since March after reporting rape charge

A 22-year-old Dutch woman has been detained in Qatar since reporting she…

Deutsche Welle

Child slavery primes Syrian kids to become sex workers when they grow up

In Lebanon, short-sighted refugee policies are driving children into slavery and a…

Deutsche Welle

Euro 2016: England impress, but are denied at the end by Russia equalizer

Football played second-fiddle for most of the day following violent clashes outside…

Deutsche Welle

Western allies join Egypt in war against democratic values 

When western countries are criticised for legitimising Egypt’s oppressive rule, excuses are…

Wael Eskandar

Will Al-Sisi succeed in neutering Egypt’s vibrant society?

“Neutering is the solution”, a precept that most authoritarians believe in and…

Mohammed Nosseir