Meroua Zouai

Sep 20, 2023 | timep.org | Meroua Zouai

Two and a half years separate the opening of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in April 2021 and the anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in November 2023. This tale of two museums, and their accompanying grand spectacles, is not simply about Egypt’s efforts to lure tourists back by highlighting pharaonic antiquities.

Jul 6, 2023 | timep.org | Mostafa Al-a'sar |Meroua Zouai

.اقرأ المقال بالعربيThe family of former detainee Muhammad Ahmed* searched for him for days. They went through hospitals, police stations, and homes of relatives, friends, and acquaintances, to no avail. He was nowhere to be found. Later, Muhammad’s family learned that he was being held in one of the headquarters of the National Security Service; they had no information on whether he had been tortured or not.

Jul 3, 2023 | timep.org | Timothy E. Kaldas |Meroua Zouai

Egyptian independent news outlet, Mada Masr, reported last week that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is unhappy with the way Egypt is being managed. On the tenth anniversary of his coup d’état, he’s right to be upset with the country’s management. The trouble for Egypt, and Sisi, is that Sisi is the manager and he has done everything in his power to deny the public access to alternatives.