Mada Masr

Mada Masr (Arabic: مدى مصر‎‎) is an independent online news platform from Egypt. It was established in June 2013 by former reporters from the English-language publication Egypt Independent, which ceased its editorial activities in April 2013.

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90 aid trucks arrive at Awja, Karam Abu Salem crossings from Egypt, preparing to enter Gaza

Jan 19, 2025 | madamasr.com | Nadia Salem |Mourad Higazy

Ninety aid trucks from Egyptian territory crossed via the Karam Abu Salem and the Awja crossings preparing for their entry into Gaza, an administrative official at the Awja crossing and a source in the Egyptian Red Crescent Society told Mada Masr on Sunday afternoon. The trucks were the first to leave Egypt after a long awaited ceasefire came into effect shortly after 11 am on Sunday morning.
EU based 1 billion euro payout to Egypt on ‘credible steps’ regarding human rights, democracy

Jan 12, 2025 | madamasr.com | Mada Masr

The European Commission said that it found Egypt took “concrete and credible steps” with regard to respecting effective democratic mechanisms, human rights and the rule of law, in an assessment document, viewed by Mada Masr, that endorsed the transfer of 1 billion euros in economic assistance to Egypt at the end of last year.
New player bids to import wheat for Egypt’s state silos

Nov 28, 2024 | madamasr.com | Nada Arafat

The Future of Egypt, a sustainable agriculture agency, announced on Wednesday that it had issued a tender to import 60,000 tons of wheat from various sources. Yet two wheat traders speaking to Mada Masr on condition of anonymity in the evening said that the purchase was postponed indefinitely due to lack of bids. The wheat was bound for the Egyptian Holding Company for Silos and Storage, which belongs to the Supply Ministry, according to the purchase order reviewed by Mada Masr.
New faces appointed to head Egypt’s media regulatory agencies

Nov 26, 2024 | madamasr.com | Rana Mamdouh

A new cast of media and judicial figures was appointed on Monday to the three bodies that monitor and regulate Egypt’s print and audiovisual media. Since the bodies were formed in 2018, they have overseen a tightly controlled media landscape subject to careful state direction.
66 killed in airstrike on residential block near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia

Nov 21, 2024 | madamasr.com | Mada Masr

At least 66 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed, and around 100 were injured in the early hours of Thursday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential block near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, according to the Palestinian News and Information Agency (Wafa).
IMF concludes Cairo visit without concluding review, noting ‘fiscal pressure’ of refugees, geopolitical tensions

Nov 21, 2024 | madamasr.com | Mada Masr

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Egypt Mission Chief Ivanna Hollar announced on Wednesday the conclusion of two weeks of discussion in Cairo. According to the IMF’s statement, Egypt and the fund’s staff made “substantial progress in policy discussions.” So far, however, there was no mention of reaching a staff-level agreement on whether Egypt passed the review.
Police detain 7 residents of Warraq island, assaults residents protesting against island’s siege

Nov 20, 2024 | madamasr.com | Beesan Kassab

Seven residents of Warraq Island have been held in police custody since Tuesday night, after residents held a protest against a siege imposed on the island by security forces, three sources from the island told Mada Masr on the condition of anonymity. Security forces began arresting people at the Tuesday night protest, and clashed with the protesters afterwards, the sources said.
After protesting lack of road maintenance, 5 Matariya residents detained on suspicion of inciting demonstrations

Nov 19, 2024 | madamasr.com | Ahmed Ibrahim Bakr

After police arrested a number of Matariya residents who had protested for local authorities to conduct maintenance on an accident-ridden local road, the prosecution issued orders on Monday to keep six people, including a child, in detention. Twenty-three people were ordered released on bail by the same prosecution in Daqahlia on Monday, lawyer Hassan al-Melhat told Mada Masr.
Student source: University union elections cater only to Students for Egypt

Nov 18, 2024 | madamasr.com | Mada Masr

The nomination process for this year’s student union elections at Egyptian universities began on Thursday. Students have complained of what they described as “official intransigence,” procedural irregularities that they say aim to prevent candidates from running and provide the upper hand to Students for Egypt, a government-supported student group with a widespread presence across campuses.
Exporters seek to reverse govt plans to condition subsidies on conversion of revenues into Egyptian pounds

Nov 18, 2024 | madamasr.com | Beesan Kassab

Export councils are seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbuly within the next two weeks to push against the implementation of a new export subsidy system that the government has in the pipeline, according to the head of one export council, who spoke to Mada Masr on condition of anonymity. The new plan would see a decrease in the rate of subsidies the government pays to exporters and require traders to convert a proportion of their foreign currency revenues into Egyptian pounds.