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Remembering the forgotten martyrs of Arab al-Maadi

Remembering the forgotten martyrs of Arab al-Maadi

On the outskirts of Maadi neighborhood, where much of Cairo’s wealthy elite resides, lies a much poorer area called Arab…
Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents

Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents

Naglaa Mahdy sleeps in a tent with ten other women and their children. She wakes up and dusts herself off,…
Soft-drink giants ride wave of post-uprising optimism

Soft-drink giants ride wave of post-uprising optimism

Brightly colored billboards with cheerful messages have become fixtures of Cairo’s urban landscape, feet from the squares and streets where…
Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat

Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat

An Egyptian government audit officer, who recently claimed that his superiors had attempted to cover up incidents of corruption, was…
Smuggled, stolen and homemade, guns flood Egypt’s streets

Smuggled, stolen and homemade, guns flood Egypt’s streets

A new conversation has been taking place around Egypt for the past five months, one that rarely came up before.…
Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works

Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works

For the first time in its modern legal history and after various failed attempts, Egypt might see its first freedom…
Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya

Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya

In May, Al-Masry Al-Youm met with Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch Washington director, who visited Egypt last month briefly after spending some…
Pro-Mubarak protesters demand charges against him be dropped

Pro-Mubarak protesters demand charges against him be dropped

There is a tiny part of post-revolution Cairo that will remain forever Mubarak, and that is Mostafa Mahmoud Square. It…
Electrical engineers deny any intention to darken Egypt

Electrical engineers deny any intention to darken Egypt

Like in many other sectors in Egypt, employees in state-run electrical power plants are demanding the improvement of their working…
Sewage-fed vegetable plots pose health risk in Egypt

Sewage-fed vegetable plots pose health risk in Egypt

Faced with a shortage of water for irrigation, Ahmed Osman, a farmer in his late thirties, opted to divert local…
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