Pesha Magid

Pesha Magid is a reporter at Mada Masr. She has previously published work at Egyptian Streets, Tunisia Live, Your Middle East and Egypt Today. She is graduate of the University of Edinburgh with a Master of Arts in Arabic. read more

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Opinion

Pesha Magid

Trump and Sisi bond over counter-terrorism ambitions

The Trump-Sisi relationship will likely embolden both leaders in their fight against terrorism

10 April 2017

features

Egyptian migrants • 13 min read

Report from Rashid: Where was the state when hundreds drowned?

Pesha Magid | “The government knew since 4 am that we were sinking, but they did nothing.”

13 October 2016

Libyan conflict • 10 min read

Setting Libya’s latest oil struggles straight

Pesha Magid | Over the past few weeks clashes over Libya’s oil ports have broken out between forces linked to the

23 September 2016

Syrian refugees • 11 min read

The Syrian Kitchen: A refugee food business based on quality not empathy

Pesha Magid | From the start, the vision behind Zeit Zatoun — a Syrian kitchen where seven refugee women work —

31 August 2016

New Suez Canal • 7 min read

1 year on: Where does ‘New Suez Canal’ stand?

Pesha Magid | While there have been benefits, a year has proven that the Suez Canal expansion's minor gains represent

6 August 2016

refugees • 8 min read

The desperation of Oromo refugees in Cairo

Pesha Magid | Ademo says many Oromo still in Cairo feel hopeless, and “some have publicly suggested they have nothing

1 August 2016

Lifestyle • 12 min read

Spy sharks in Egypt: A history

Passant Rabie and Pesha Magid | Are shark sightings the latest in conspiracy theories propagated by #Egypt's local media?

27 July 2016

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News

cigarette tax • 6 min read

Smokers fuming after cigarette tax jumps 50% overnight

23 February 2015

Ahmed Awaad • 4 min read

Cairo court overrules PM’s decision to ban Halawet Rouh film

25 November 2014

hunger strikes • 3 min read

Mohamed Soltan falls unconscious on 281st day of hunger strike

3 November 2014

land expropriation • 3 min read

Sisi promises up to LE1 bln for displaced Rafah residents

3 November 2014

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