Osama Gaweesh
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Sisi is in danger and the Army is in the dock
Since the collapse of the economic situation in Egypt on the morning of the eleventh of this January and the dollar has exceeded the level of thirty pounds, the Western press is only talking about one... → Read More
Mohamed Aboul Gheit: Story of hope, talent and freedom of journalism
Last Monday came with shocking news for most Egyptian journalists and activists: Mohamed Aboul Gheit passed away. The 34 years old writer, investigative journalist and symbolic figure of the 25 Januar... → Read More
Egypt under Sisi provides immunity for the army and a whip for the people
In the Central Hospital of Quesna, Egypt, last Thursday, a crime took place on film, the antihero of which was an Egyptian army officer and his family. His victims were defenceless nurses, one of whom... → Read More
Egypt has 60,000 prisoners like Alaa Abdelfattah
Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdelfattah wrote a book with the title You have not been defeated yet. He is being held in prison by the Egyptian regime for sharing a post on Facebook documenting ... → Read More
'Egypt is fine!'
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has fascinated us with his astonishing skill in lying and claiming the opposite of what the country has experienced since he seized power in the July 2013 coup. The man lectured u... → Read More
The Egyptian economy is a time bomb waiting to explode
Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has told Bloomberg said that his country will not get a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until after one or two months. The current alternati... → Read More
Sisi's five mistakes brought the Egyptian economy to the current impasse
Monday, the Central Bank of Egypt decided, in a special meeting, to raise the overnight interest rates for deposits, lending and primary operations with 100 points (1 per cent) to record 9.25 per cent... → Read More
After devaluation of the pound: the spectre of poverty threatens Egyptians
The Central Bank of Egypt decided, in an extraordinary meeting held on Monday, to raise the interest rate by 1 per cent to 9.25 per cent on deposits and 10.25 per cent on lending. It also allowed - in... → Read More
Will the Gulf continue to support Egypt out of its economic crisis?
One week ago, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi went to Saudi Arabia where he met King Salman Bin Abdel Aziz and his son, de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The unscheduled visit came at a critical t... → Read More
Egypt's countdown to a new bread uprising
While the international economy was groaning under the effect of the pandemic and a global GDP shrinkage of 3.60 per cent, Egypt celebrated a world-record growth rate above three per cent both in 2020... → Read More
Egypt's limited options towards the Ukrainian crisis
On Wednesday, Egypt voted for the UN General Assembly denouncement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the demand for Russia to immediately stop using violence against Ukraine. The Egyptian decisio... → Read More
Russian-Ukrainian war: How does it affect Egypt?
Parallel to the Russian declaration of war on Ukraine, Egypt held its breath, fearing the harmful effects of the war on Egypt on various levels. Egypt is the biggest wheat importer worldwide, as wh... → Read More
Enforced Disappearances: a police-state tool for wiping out opponents in Egypt
More than three years have elapsed since the Egyptian politician and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Alnajjar disappeared. Alnajjar is a dentist and the former Head of the Justice Party. He travell... → Read More
Violence against women is endemic in Egypt; it must be challenged and stopped
The Observatory of Crimes of Violence against Women in Egypt, affiliated with the Edraak Foundation for Development and Equality, recorded 813 cases against women and girls during 2021, compared with ... → Read More
Even consciences are inspected when Sisi chooses his employees
Two days ago, Brigadier General Khaled Al-Husseini, the spokesman for Egypt's new administrative capital, announced that the transfer of employees to the government district in the new capital would... → Read More
Rayan Oram's death brought us all to life
Just a few minutes lapsed between the news that Rayan Oram had been rescued from the dark Moroccan well into which he had fallen, and the news that he had died. It was a short but extremely heavy time... → Read More
Arms deals: Al-Sisi's key to circumventing criticism of repression
Last Tuesday, the US government approved a $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt, despite US President Joe Biden's pledge not to be lenient with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's regime over its poor human r... → Read More
The signs suggest that another uprising looms in Egypt
Many human rights organisations, political activists and reports point out unambiguously that the people of Egypt have lived under a brutal police state since the 2013 military coup. From Human Rights... → Read More
A power bequest in Egypt needed Sisi Junior to make a pilgrimage to Tel Aviv
In November 2004, the Kefaya (Enough) movement was formed by Egyptian thinkers, activists and politicians, including George Ishak and Professor Abdel Wahab Al-Messiry. It was a broad political umbrell... → Read More
Leave, Sisi!
It was a week full of 'Leave, Sisi!' What does Abdel Fattah el-Sisi want from the Egyptian people when he comes out with his lack of charisma, promising everyone that he would leave his position if... → Read More