Presidential Elections in Egypt 2014

Sarah Carr: The army and the people - On becoming one hand

On the first, still jubilant, day of the 2014 presidential elections a group of women had gathered outside a polling station in the leafy, affluent district of Heliopolis...

Amr Adly: Structural crises that have become pressing‬‬‬‬

The continuous political turmoil Egypt since January 2011 has resulted in a decline of the annual growth rate to a level near recession, which has turned many of the chronic structural defects of the country’s economy into urgent and pressing crises.

An Interview with Nazra for Feminist Studies: Violence, Politics and Women’s Bodies

An Interview with Nazra for Feminist Studies, an Egyptian group that documents cases of gender-based violence, offers psychological, medical and legal support for survivors, and works with female politicians to boost representation.

Karem Yehia: No dreams for Egypt’s working class

Egypt first declared May 1 an official holiday 50 years ago. That same year, on May 1, 1964, three workers were born — Ahmed Mahmoud from the Public Transportation Authority, Ali Aref from the Steam Boilers and Hesham Abu Zaid from the Tanta Flax factory.