• Tuesday, 28 April 2020

    Ramadan 2020, observed from home amid covid-19 pandemic

    Pictured above: Two men are distributing food to help Cairo’s needy break their Ramadan fast (credits to Sima Diab). The image was featured in a New York Times gallery capturing snippets from major Islamic cities during this year’s unusual holy...
  • Monday, 27 April 2020

    Egypt in the News on 27 April 2020

    Ramadan TV series The End provokes outrage in the Israeli press: The dystopian series, set in 2120, depicts an imagined future in which Israel has been destroyed. The series has prompted criticism from the Israeli foreign ministry, the Associated Press,...
  • Sunday, 26 April 2020

    Egypt in the News on 26 April 2020

    It’s a relatively quiet newsday for Egypt in the international press, with the country getting nods in pieces in the Financial Times and New York Times how covid-19 is disrupting Ramadan and daily life here. Also making headlines: Concerns about...
  • Sunday, 26 April 2020

    What we’re tracking on 26 April 2020

    Good morning friends, and welcome to the first workday that (for many of us) will not be fueled by that sacred morning cup of coffee. The Madbouly Cabinet has relaxed some of its covid-19 restrictions for the month of Ramadan,...
  • Thursday, 23 April 2020

    What we’re tracking on 23 April 2020

    Ramadan Kareem, everybody. Dar Al Iftaa confirmed last night that Friday is the first day of the holy month, meaning we are T-21 hours (give or take a few minutes) to when fasting begins, as Fajr prayers will start at...
  • Tuesday, 21 April 2020

    Egypt in the News on 21 April 2020

    Ramadan in the time of covid-19 is the leading theme of the foreign press’ coverage of Egypt this morning. Ramadan mosalsalat are still being filmed, with people working in the industry telling CNN that they can’t stop production due to...
  • Tuesday, 21 April 2020

    Egypt’s talking heads zone in on Ramadan curfew hours, covid-19 clinical trials

    The talking heads’ main focus last night was the fate of the nighttime curfew during Ramadan, which the Madbouly Cabinet should be announcing this week. Are we getting a longer or shorter curfew? Al Kahera Alaan’s Lamees El Hadidi wondered...
  • Thursday, 16 April 2020

    Egypt in the News on 16 April 2020

    Tuesday’s shootout between security forces and suspected terrorists is still getting digital ink in the foreign press, with the National noting that Coptic Christian leader Pope Tawadros II mourned the death of the police officer killed in the raid. The...
  • Sunday, 5 April 2020

    What we’re tracking on 5 April 2020

    The Central Bank of Egypt left interest rates unchanged on Thursday after delivering an emergency 300 bps cut last month to contain the fallout from the covid-19 pandemic. The Monetary Policy Committee’s Thursday decision was in line with expectations from...

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