Opinion

Daily News Egypt Opinion section features opinion articles, newspaper editorials of Egyptian and international affairs. Dive deeper with our Opinion columnists, editorials and op-eds.

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25 January revolution

While the world succeeds in battling poverty, Egypt fails

By Iris Boutros   Between 1990 and 2010, nearly 1 billion people…

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Blue Nile

Regarding the dam

For the past few weeks Egyptian society and media have been hysterical…

Mahmoud Salem
Mahmoud Salem
Assad

Trickle down

By Philip Whitfield To be sure, strife seldom strikes separately. Universal healthcare…

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Daily News Egypt

Op-Ed review: Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

Since last week, the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has…

Thoraia Abou Bakr
Thoraia Abou Bakr
demonstrations

The day after the ‘Rebellion’

By Taher El Moataz Bellah After the minor uprising against the Muslim…

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Daily News Egypt
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Watching Egypt crumble

  An acquaintance several weeks ago was in shock, “I got my…

Sara Abou Bakr
Sara Abou Bakr
Daily

A personal story with the police

On my way back home from a friend’s house on Friday night…

Ziad A. Akl
Ziad A. Akl
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Escape from ‘Generica’

There isn’t anything more saddening on the Egyptian political scene than the…

Mohamed Fouad
Mohamed Fouad
Al-assad

UEFA decision on Gibraltar opens prospects for Kurds

By James M. Dorsey A decision by European football body UEFA granting…

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Daily News Egypt
Dr. H.A. Hellyer
H.A. Hellyer

‘Rebellion’ Campaign: Not undemocratic, but not quite useful…yet

In the past few weeks, media circles in Cairo have been buzzing…

H.A. Hellyer
H.A. Hellyer