Madamasr

Madamasr is an Egypt-based media organization interested in producing intelligent and engaging journalism, and more generally in re-examining the role of media in relation to its public. Working at Mada are a group of journalists and business developers based in Cairo. While all have experience in media and business development in Egypt and around the world, we also have links to diverse fields including the arts, creative writing, social development, youth work, education, human rights, medicine and finance.

Publications:

• Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020): The rise and fall of Egypt’s longest-ruling president February 25, 2020
• Egyptian official: Ethiopia dam negotiations in Washington ‘a disaster’ January 16, 2020
• Doctor assignments: Will the new system improve government healthcare? January 8, 2020
• ‘A minister without a ministry’ — confusion over role of newly appointed information minister January 6, 2020
• UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination November 18, 2019
• Gone with the wind: The flotation’s impact on Egyptian exports November 14, 2019
• In wake of government crackdown, Egypt lobbies for support ahead of major UN human rights review November 11, 2019
• Biggest wave of arrests since Sisi took office: 1909 people detained September 26, 2019
• Money and image: Framing Mohamed Ali’s face off against Sisi September 24, 2019
• Shoot, post and share: The viral accusations against Sisi and the military that led to Friday’s protests September 21, 2019
• Egypt’s cement industry disrupted by entry of military as major new market player September 18, 2019
• Sisi refutes contractor’s allegations that state funds were wasted on vanity projects at hastily organized youth conference September 15, 2019
• Civil society leaders fight travel bans as 9-year NGO foreign funding case drags on September 15, 2019
• Austerity measures a major cause of poverty increase, statistics agency advisor says September 4, 2019
• Hoping for release, families of imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood youth offer to stay out of politics, make hefty donations to state-run fund August 27, 2019
• The National Cancer Institute was in crisis long before the car bomb attack August 20, 2019
• The protection of competition: A suspended verdict August 18, 2019
• Normalizing the military judiciary: How the constitutional amendments bring the Armed Forces into Egypt’s judicial system August 7, 2019
• Sources: Officials delayed survey results showing Egyptians face highest poverty rate since 2000 July 30, 2019
• New NGO law criticized as mere cosmetic change July 17, 2019
• Some people prefer working in the shadows July 12, 2019
• MP: New fuel pricing mechanism ‘rushed’ through to appease IMF on subsidy cuts July 9, 2019
• New judicial heads first in series of appointments under new law granting Sisi power to select judicial leadership July 7, 2019
• ‘Hospitals are for the dying’: Medical negligence inside Egyptian prisons June 27, 2019
• Arrests target political figures involved in new coalition to run in 2020 parliamentary elections June 25, 2019
• Parliament approves laws allowing Sisi to select judicial heads, stalemate continues over Council of Judicial Bodies June 24, 2019
• Former president Mohamed Morsi dies in court session, rights groups point to lack of proper medical care in detention June 18, 2019
• 42 words on page 3: How Morsi died in Egyptian newspapers June 18, 2019
• The government wants to reduce its debt. Will its new strategy work? June 17, 2019
• Militants scouted Batal 14 checkpoint ahead of attack | Death toll in Jourra reaches 5 | Union of Sinai Tribe announces killing Province of Sinai leader | Arish: Longer gas station hours June 10, 2019
• Ethiopian bid for mediation, African Union suspension trouble Egypt’s play for role in Sudan’s transition June 7, 2019
• The new administrative capital: Outside the state budget or outside public accountability? May 25, 2019
• Is the government building a parallel bureaucracy? May 17, 2019
• Judge overseeing polling station recounts troubling incidents in constitutional referendum May 1, 2019
• Voting in the dark: Ramming the constitutional amendments through April 24, 2019
• Ballot-box politics: What has pushed Egypt’s opposition to vote ‘no’? April 22, 2019
• How Al-Azhar’s grand imam survived the constitutional amendments April 11, 2019
• Report: Egypt 3rd largest arms importer worldwide March 13, 2019
• Judicial officials: Constitutional amendments final battleground in struggle for judicial independence February 21, 2019
• Parliament advances constitutional amendments by overwhelming majority, opposition speaks out February 14, 2019
• ‘Union to Defend the Constitution’ brings opposition forces together to reject constitutional amendments February 7, 2019
• Sources: Cairo offers diplomatic support to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in the wake of continued protests February 6, 2019
• Constitutional amendments submitted to Parliament could allow Sisi to stay in power until 2034 February 3, 2019
• Verdict for Warraq residents’ lawsuit against the government set for March 26 January 26, 2019
• While human rights linger on US radar, Pompeo Cairo visit focuses on regional cooperation January 11, 2019
• Sources: Presidency gives Egyptian media orders not to cover CBS interview with Sisi January 6, 2019
• ‘So much damage has been done’: Court acquits 43 defendants of all charges in NGO foreign funding case December 20, 2018
• New Egyptian proposal for Fatah-Hamas reconciliation that could send Palestinians to polls awaits Abbas approval November 28, 2018
• Cairo, Khartoum discuss end to proxy fighting in Libya in bilateral meeting November 25, 2018
• 2 years after the loan agreement: What the IMF failed to anticipate November 22, 2018
• Looking for the root causes of the potato crisis November 22, 2018
• US midterm elections: Bad news for Sisi? November 15, 2018
• Egypt exerts heavy pressure on Hamas leaders to halt attacks, refuses to make demands of Israel November 12, 2018
• Minya attack: Did Ashmawy coordinate Al-Qaeda and Islamic State activities in Egypt? November 6, 2018
• Gaza truce negotiations resume in latest round of Cairo-mediated talks November 5, 2018
• Egyptian delegation to oversee Gaza-Israel de-escalation, monitor March of Return protest camps November 2, 2018
• Critics blast amendments to Journalists Syndicate law drafted behind closed doors November 1, 2018
• Who’s buying Israeli gas? A company owned by the General Intelligence Service October 23, 2018
• World Economic Outlook projects Egypt’s inflation rate to rise slightly higher than expected October 9, 2018
• 40 years on: What did Egyptians make of peace with Israel? October 3, 2018
• Egypt backs out of verbal agreement on 4-7 year time frame to fill Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir September 27, 2018
• Palestinian Authority readies new round of sanctions on Gaza as Egyptian mediation breaks down September 20, 2018
• Is Sisi’s Dismissal of Administrative Control Authority Head Mohamed Irfan Legal? August 31, 2018
• Effects of GERD construction delay, Sea security headline ‘positive’ talks in Addis Ababa August 29, 2018
• Life partially restored in North Sinai towns, but villages continue to struggle June 18, 2018
• Diplomatic source: ‘Prompt’ pardons for 32 Ethiopian nationals sign of ‘growing strategic relationship’ with Egypt June 18, 2018
• Sound, silence and the space between June 18, 2018
• At the terminal: Stories from the Rafah Border Crossing June 18, 2018
• Labor union elections are back, but with few promises June 11, 2018
• Syria cooperation highlights progress in Egypt-Russia relations as hurdles remain May 4, 2018
• Has the government finally found a mechanism to seize Brotherhood assets? May 2, 2018
• The ups and downs of Egypt’s interest rates: What does the central bank want? March 29, 2018
• Sugar, rice and everything nice: Mobilizing voter turnout in Egypt’s presidential election March 28, 2018
• Parliament in haste to approve cybercrime bill: Ambiguous provisions, loose definitions, legalized web censorship March 14, 2018
• Egypt and Sudan: Diplomatic pacification, unresolved affairs March 8, 2018
• Companions to the Israeli gas deal: Noble and Delek in talks to acquire East Mediterranean Gas pipeline February 28, 2018
• Looking into the latest acquisition of Egyptian media companies by general intelligence December 21, 2017
• The IMF is neither the problem nor the solution May 11, 2017
• The IMF as knee surgeon on a cancerous patient March 20, 2017
• Working Women and Policy Assessment – Feminist testimonies from Egypt March 10, 2017
• Objective notes on Hesham Geneina’s corruption report July 12, 2016
• Did Hesham Geneina’s study exaggerate Egypt’s corruption? July 5, 2016
• The Panama Papers: What’s new on Egypt, and why should you care? May 11, 2016
• Youth unemployment and the ‘Egyptian right wing’ April 13, 2016
• Behind the Panama Papers: The full story of the Mubarak sons’ tax-sheltered company April 4, 2016
• Anatomy of an Election March 14, 2016
• Exclusive Wikileaks cables trace ebb and flow of Egypt-UAE relations July 26, 2015
• Wikileaks: Egyptian media and journalists go to Saudi for financing July 5, 2015
• Power, the January 25 revolutionaries, and responsibility January 24, 2015