Azmy*, an Arabic teacher, packed his bags and left to work in the Gulf around 25 years ago. He built up some good savings and wondered what to do with the money. He was surrounded by recommendations ...

The Egyptian military’s expanding involvement in economic activities— from land acquisition and private company purchases to the rollout of commercial ventures — was flagged by the International ...

In late May, the Ismailia Appeals Court ruled to evict the archbishop of Saint Catherine’s Monastery from 14 land plots in South Sinai, part of a larger dispute with the Egyptian government over 71 ...

In late October, Supply Minister Ali al-Moselhi announced that the price of a loaf of subsidized bread would remain fixed at 5 piasters for the time being. With the ministry having concluded its ...

As the public bus approaches the main gate of Asmarat on Street 9 of the Cairo district of Moqattam, a police officer and two security guards appear. The bus goes through the manually operated boom ...

Mada Masr met with former MP Haitham al-Hariry last week inside a courtroom where the politician had just been disqualified from running in next month’s House of Representatives elections. The final ...

The military is tightening its siege on Rapid Support Forces positions across the capital’s three cities, securing more Nile bridges, and confining RSF fighters in and around the presidential palace ...

Violent clashes continue to rage across Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, disrupting civilian facilities and residential spaces in cities nationwide on Monday, a ...

When Mada Masr visited the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees agency offices in Cairo one morning last week, a crowd of hundreds, including many elderly and visibly ill people, was gathered ...

لأكثر من 40 عامًا، عمل محمد عكاشة صيادًا في بحيرة المنزلة. كانت سبيل عيشه الوحيد، أطعم أسرته وعلّم أبنائه وزوّجهم من رزقها. لكنه أيضًا شهد ...

A month after his appointment, Prime Minister Kamel Idris, whose selection drew regional and international support and expression of hope that he could steer Sudan toward a new political phase, has ...

Security forces and civilians attacked participants from the Global March to Gaza at a checkpoint on the way to the city of Ismailia outside of Cairo on June 13. The march’s organisers posted an ...