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In Egypt, Social Stigma of Street Kids Continues to Hinder Legal Protection, Access to Aid

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Oct 20, 2025

Will the US achieve a ‘big, beautiful’ Iran deal or stall in homeostasis?

The Gaza cease-fire showcased how when the US president gets personally involved, the seemingly impossible can become possible.

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In Egypt, Social Stigma of Street Kids Continues to Hinder Legal Protection, Access to Aid

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Oct 16, 2025

After the Gaza cease-fire, what’s next for the Houthis?

By
Osamah Al Rawhani

Will the Houthis cease their regional hostilities? The brief response is yes—but likely, only for the time being.

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In Egypt, Social Stigma of Street Kids Continues to Hinder Legal Protection, Access to Aid

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Oct 7, 2025

The SpaceBelt KSA-iRocket deal marks Saudi Arabia’s next leap into space

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The SpaceBelt KSA case offers insights for other foreign aerospace and tech firms considering partnerships in the Gulf.

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Aug 21, 2012

In Egypt, Social Stigma of Street Kids Continues to Hinder Legal Protection, Access to Aid

By Soraya Morayef

In Egypt, non-profit shelters struggle to protect and rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of children left to the volatile street life of crime, drugs and sexual abuse, while a poorly implemented child law passed four years ago has failed to protect them against police brutality and social ostracism.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2012

Libya’s Choice: National Reconciliation or Chaos

By Karim Mezran

The three bombs that exploded on August 19 in Tripoli should serve as a serious wake up call for the country. It is a miracle that they did not cause more than the two deaths and four injuries than they did. Libyan security forces have no doubt that the sponsors as well as the perpetrators […]

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Aug 20, 2012

Top News: Presidency: Legislative authority not transferred to Shura Council

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy is not transferring legislative authority to the Shura Council, Presidency spokesperson Yasser Ali said Sunday. Ali stressed that the president adheres to Egypt’s constitutions since 1923, which state that in case of the absence of the People’s Assembly, either due a parliamentary recess or its dissolution, the power to legislate is transferred […]

MENASource

Aug 20, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood: Trust Us

By Jayson Casper

As President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood slowly appropriate power, they consistently issue an unspoken theme: Trust us. They do not say so, of course; that no one should be trusted is a platitude in politics. Rather, at each step from the revolution through the transition to the presidency, they speak of consensus, broad-based […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Report: ‘Intellectual Terrorism and the Policy of Censorship’

By Nancy Messieh

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights released a 63 page report (Arabic) "Intellectual Terrorism and the Policy of Censorship", focusing on the state of press freedom in Egypt, beginning with the January 2011 uprising up until the present day. EOHR has outlined the repressive tactics that have been used against journalists in the country, whether […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Top News: Government Promises Change in State Media Content

By Egypt Source

The content of state media will change in the coming months, Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud told reporters Thursday evening. Leading media should be characterized by professionalism and provide different opinions, Abdel Maqsoud said, adding that those who do not adhere to professionalism, objectivity, neutrality and ethics would simply be dismissed.  GOVERNMENT Morsy promises not […]

MENASource

Aug 17, 2012

Amr El Salanekly: The Smartest Kid in the Room [Faces of Egypt]

By Soraya Morayef

At twenty-two, Amr El Salanekly has won the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative fellowship, co-founded a social incubator and an educational platform for underprivileged kids, turned down a job with Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus’ Grameen Bank, and raised hundreds of thousands of Egyptian pounds for community projects in Egypt, while completing his bachelor’s degree at […]

MENASource

Aug 16, 2012

Top News: The Supreme Constitutional Court Rejects Mekki Proposal to Unify the Judicial Bodies

By Egypt Source

A judicial source at the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) rejected the idea of merging judicial bodies coupled with the abolition of the SCC, asserting that this is not permissible in any way and that each competent body considers the issues that fit its mandate. The source added that the SCC has the duty to interpret […]

MENASource

Aug 16, 2012

Review: Bradley Hope’s Last Days of the Pharaoh Paints a Human Picture of Mubarak

By Nancy Messieh

The first thought that comes to mind when reading Bradley Hope’s Last Days of the Pharaoh is that Hosni Mubarak is a human being. Over the past year and a half, this is a fact that has become all too easy to forget. We see him only as the tyrant, so full of arrogant pride […]

MENASource

Aug 15, 2012

Lagarde to Visit Egypt: Is an IMF Program in the Offing?

By Mohsin Khan

The announcement on August 15 that IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde will visit Cairo on August 22 has created considerable speculation that an IMF program will be implemented soon.

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