Newsletter: FutureVerse LEAP’s comeback The fifth edition of the gathering offers a temperature check for the Gulf’s AI ambitions amid fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Xi makes first Egypt visit in decade as Cairo gets caught in US-China AI row China's Huawei last month submitted a bid to build advanced AI data centers and supply more than 2,000 AI chips for Egyptian government systems. Egypt
Analysis How Ethiopia’s new dams test Egypt’s ability to defend its Nile red lines Ethiopia’s water minister has emphasized the country’s plans to move forward with new Blue Nile dam construction, leaving Egypt to contend with the potential fallout. By Eli Siegel-Bernstein
Newsletter: Business & Tech Iran keeps Hormuz reopening on hold Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained low, with only five commodity vessels transiting the waterway on Tuesday, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler. By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Will Israel, Turkey decide the fate of Gaza? Reports on a possible Israeli-Turkish agreement on the construction of a floating harbor off the Gaza Strip and that would be served from Turkish Cyprus rekindled internal Palestinian wrangling between Fatah and Hamas. Palestine
How Egyptian 4-year-old faced life sentence Faulty record-keeping in Egypt's military court system could have landed a little boy in jail. Egypt
Will Hamas lose Gaza? Fatah officials have recently threatened to retake Gaza by force, which Hamas leaders see as a step that undermines reconciliation efforts. Palestine
Will Egyptians open their wallet to help Cairo get out of debt? Egypt's president seems to think that millions of citizens donating 13 cents a day can boost Egypt’s dire economic situation — or at least boost his image. Egypt
Why Egypt is placing its pyramids under military protection Officials are taking tourists’ complaints to heart as they prepare to rejuvenate the great pyramids area, employing a company affiliated with the armed services to pick up the project that was abandoned in 2011. Egypt
Egyptian government accuses Hamas of killing attorney general The Egyptian interior minister made a shocking announcement by accusing Hamas of assassinating prosecutor Hisham Barakat back in the summer of 2015, further straining already fragile ties with the movement. Palestine
After inviting Israeli ambassador for dinner, Egyptian MP finds himself without a job Egyptian legislator Tawfiq Okasha, who has a habit of angering top Egyptian party leaders, angered them even more by meeting with the Israeli ambassador in Cairo and found himself dismissed from parliament. Egypt
Will Egypt solve its police brutality problem? Infuriated by recurring incidents of police brutality, Egyptians are demanding change. Egypt
Is Egypt doing enough to counter widespread sexual harassment? Although a number of recent developments offer hope to Egyptian women that efforts to combat sexual harassment are working, change is slow. Egypt
Israeli ties with Egypt may be thawing, but no 'love and warmth' just yet In an interview with Al-Monitor, Zionist Camp Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova claims that while progress is being made, Egyptian society is still influenced by anti-Israeli discourse and not yet ready for normalization. Egypt
Victims still 'disappearing' from Egyptian streets A few "fortunate" souls return from forced disappearances to recount their experiences. Egypt
Deported from Jordan to Egypt, Sudanese refugees are fleeing again After fleeing the civil war in Sudan to Jordan, where they were again deported to Egypt, the Sudanese community now faces social and economic hardships that push some to risk their lives in the journey to Europe where they believe they will find a better life. Egypt
