Mada Masr

Zyad Elelaimy

The silent revolution of Gen Z: Angry messages, dreamy horizons

A generation untouched by old dreams, looking to the future with new eyes.

19 November 2025

Mahmoud Hadhoud

Don’t say Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has won the New York mayoral race, marking a turning point in American politics — and

6 November 2025

Bayan Abubakr

Ghosts of imperialism’s past, present and future

Israel and the UAE’s respective projects share a set of dangerous and universalizing justifications

28 October 2025

Dalilah

The Magic of St. Catherine

A reflection on St. Catherine’s enduring spirit — where history, resistance and faith intertwine

19 October 2025

Abdelghany Sayed

Trump’s Palestine is worse than mandate Palestine

In September 2025, United States President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point “peace plan” for Gaza,

8 October 2025

Karim Medhat Ennarah

Kafka on the shore

I always remind myself that my persecution falls on the milder end of the spectrum of persecution

15 September 2025

Omar Moussa

Anas, my neighbor

The loss here is not personal, but a profound collective fracture

24 August 2025

Bahar Noorizadeh

Exit from English: Iran in the political economy of translation

Along the conveyor belt of manufactured consent, the function of this theater of lies becomes clear

14 August 2025

Lina Attalah

Some questions for Avichay Adraee

Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Israeli occupation forces, posted on X in the first hours of August

13 August 2025

Nasmet Hawa

Permission to narrate denied again: A trial by ordeal at UC Berkeley

Congressional hearings are the modern equivalent of the trial by ordeal. In a trial by ordeal, the logic

31 July 2025

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