Economy
Ras al-Hikma: No effect on citizens’ wallets yet
Mohamed Ezz, Sara Seif Eddin and Shams Eddin Essam | Egypt has secured US$10 billion from the United Arab Emirates as the first installment in the US$35 billion
Why is the medical supplies shortage crisis in hospitals getting worse?
Mostafa Hosny | Critics say the UPA is 'profit-driven' and does little to regulate medical supply prices
A day afloat 
Beesan Kassab, Mohamed Ezz and Mostafa Hosny | Egypt will be getting another US$5 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund as an increase
Understanding the implications of devaluation
Beesan Kassab and Reham al-Saadany | Mada Masr explores the impacts of the anticipated devaluation on market prices and external debt.
Dollar inflows at last? Not so fast
Ehsan Salah and Hazem Tharwat | Amid a spiraling economic crisis and with over US$42 billion in looming debt payments over the course
Made in Egypt, sold in dollars
Mohamed Ezz and Shams Eddin Essam | How lack of oversight and state encouragement has led to dollarization.
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How pharma companies skirted regulations to make ‘Limitless’ profit
Mostafa Hosny | An unregulated food supplement market has been a boon for pharma companies, doctors and regulators
Unsweetened days: How the sugar crisis was stirred by government policy missteps
Nada Arafat | Another sugar crisis spells out longer queues and shortages as government rushes to address problem.
 
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