The mass trial of survivors of a massacre of pro-democracy protesters shames Egypt. Western powers should understand how autocracy is eating away at the Arab nation In its editorial, The Guardian expressed the newspaper’s view [ More … ]
BY: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* Introduction The Egyptian parliament has recently ratified legislation to establish a sovereign fund called the “Egypt Fund”. The fund comes after government promises since 2016. Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Planning, was [ More … ]
Cairo is an old hand at playing the East and West off each other – for its own profit, says a report by Foreign Policy Egypt Loves China’s Deep Pockets Gamal Abdel Nasser, former president [ More … ]
“In summer 2011, I played my last intramural football game as a senior at Ohio State University. Two short years later, I found myself running, not from would-be tacklers, but for my life, from an [ More … ]
By: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* Subsidy in Egypt, a thorny issue, is usually addressed in light of government decisions to reduce it, which accordingly leads to raising the prices of goods and services. But subsidy is not [ More … ]
Hamas has been holding talks over proposal for national reconciliation and cease-fire with Israel Palestinian resistance group Hamas has some notes on a proposed Egyptian paper for inter-Palestinian reconciliation, a senior group leader said Wednesday. [ More … ]
On July 1, 2012, when the Egyptian military junta – theoretically – handed over power to the elected authority, the foreign reserves then was only $ 15.5 billion against $ 36 billion early 2011 when [ More … ]
How the Obama administration watched the demise of Arab democracy — and paved the way for Trump’s embrace of dictators. President Trump boasts that he has reversed American policies across the Middle East. Where his [ More … ]
Losing Egypt to Russia Isn’t the Real Problem—but Collapse Is. Cairo is no long a prize to be won, but a weak state in need of reform, says a report by The National Interest While most [ More … ]
As Egypt is cracking down on militants across the country, particularly in the country’s Sinai region, some experts and rights groups have voiced concerns that the country’s security forces are using counterterror measures to target [ More … ]
Activists fear Egypt and Sudan’s leaders are collaborating to quash dissent after opposition figurehead Sadiq al-Mahdi barred from Egypt, according to a Middle East Eye report. Sudanese activists in exile in Egypt say they are [ More … ]
Kuwait best get with the US program – or be prepared to face Trump’s wrath The New York Post has published a report by Jonathan Schanzer* & Varsha Koduvayur* about the relation between Kuwait and [ More … ]
Law will also prevent exempted military leaders from running against Sisi for office An Egyptian parliament bill granting legal immunity to army leaders is “unconstitutional” and violates “all international standards”, Human Rights Watch has said. [ More … ]
By: Yehya Hamed* Although the economic policies of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be described as being biased toward the business class with pervasive administrative corruption, yet they were clearly away from targeting the [ More … ]
Defying the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, four Arab states gave their support to the Middle East peace plan overseen by Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, leaving the Israeli-Palestinian peace [ More … ]
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