Cracking Down

Cracking Down

Report on activist arrests in Egypt, by Lara Gibson.

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NI 550 - Abortion - July, 2024
A young man reveals wounds he says were inflicted by Greek police after he tried to enter Europe from Turkey via the Evros River. Thousands of refugees have been systematically assaulted by Greek forces since the EU struck a migration pact with Turkey in 2016. Despite failing to stop crossings, that agreement has been baked into EU foreign policy.Photo: Belal Khaled/Alamy Noamgalai/Shutterstock

Global ambitions EU style

As the ink dries on the latest migrant deal with Egypt, Nathan Akehurst examines the fallout of the bloc’s callous foreign policies.

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NI 549 - Debt: which way out? - May, 2024
Photo: Asmaa Waguih

Southern Exposure: Asmaa Waguih

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023

Country profile: Egypt

The photos, facts, and politics of Egypt.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
When it comes to sharing

When it comes to sharing

Rivers cross political borders without so much as a ‘by your leave’. Which can cause some sticky situations for the humans who depend on them, as Yali Banton-Heath explains.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Photo: Ebrahim Elmoly

Southern Exposure: Ebrahim Elmoly

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 524 - How we make poverty - March, 2020
Left: Rumani, a Coptic Zabaleen, pulls his cart full of garbage outside his home in Manshiyat Naser (or Garbage City) in Cairo.Photo: Marco Bulgarelli/Gamma-Rapho via Getty

Pick of the heap

Attempts to solve Cairo’s garbage problems come up against a community whose livelihoods depend on refuse. Hisham Allam reports.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018

Southern Exposure: Hadeer Omar

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018

Southern Exposure: Mostafa Bassim

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 512 - Public ownership rises again - May, 2018
Justice for Giulio

Justice for Giulio

Two years since the murder of an Italian student in Cairo, the Egyptian regime has yet to acknowledge the nature of its involvement writes Yohann Koshy.

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018

Mixed Media: Books

This month, we review The White Book, by Han Kang; Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum; The Rage, by Julia Ebner and The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton.

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NI 507 - Humans vs robots - November, 2017
Illustration: Sarah John

The sum of our disappointments

In Cairo, normality is something of a heroic enterprise, Maria Golia explains.

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NI 496 - World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories - October, 2016
Women protected

Women protected

A new law in Egypt is a positive step for women, but not the end of the struggle, says Chalaine Chang.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
Photo: AA / TT/TT News Agency/Press Association Images

Worldbeater... Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - a big ego backed by military might.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
Street scene from central Cairo. All photographs by Maria Golia.

Country Profile: Egypt

The country’s last 150 years reflect a dynamic process, part of the greater human quest for fair self-governance.

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NI 460 - What has development done for me? - March, 2013
Still a hero? Demonstrators protesting against this year’s election results hold aloft photos of former president Nasser.Mohamed Hassan Mekhamer / Demotix

To everything there is a season

How can Egyptians make sure last year’s uprisings have a lasting legacy? Maria Golia looks forward.

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NI 457 - Bad medicine - November, 2012
Women gather outside Cairo’s
State Council court to protest
against virginity tests.Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Blue bras and mettle: Egypt's women stand their ground

Libby Powell reflects on last year's International Womens Day when women took to the streets of Egypt to fight for their rights.

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Abortion July, 2024
Debt: which way out? May, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
Rivers of life July, 2022
How we make poverty March, 2020
How to avoid climate breakdown May, 2019
The dirt on waste November, 2018
The next financial crisis July, 2018
Public ownership rises again May, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
Humans vs robots November, 2017
World Fiction Special - Exquisite short stories October, 2016
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Argentina's challenge June, 2013
What has development done for me? March, 2013
Bad medicine November, 2012
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
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