COVID-19

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water scarcity • 14 min read

Rural communities navigate a pandemic with water shortages

Mostafa Hosny | Egypt’s per capita share of water has steadily fallen for decades

22 September 2020

COVID-19 • 18 min read

A new rhythm: Cairo’s arts scene navigates reopening

Nada Nabil | “Our work revolves around the collective experience of watching films in a dark room."

31 August 2020

COVID-19 • 19 min read

COVID-19 drive-thru testing rollout blurs lines between public, private sectors

Rana Mamdouh | The prime minister visited the company’s first drive-through site the day it opened, on June 15.

30 July 2020

North Sinai • 15 min read

Province of Sinai targets Union of Sinai Tribes fighters in Sheikh Zuwayed, coronavirus reaches central Sinai

Residents say civilian casualties receive less attention than those of the Armed Forces.

15 July 2020

thanaweya amma exams • 12 min read

Coronavirus shuttered high schools — but the exam tutoring business is still booming

Nada Arafat | On the eve of their final Arabic language exam, thirteen students in their third and final year of thanaweya

8 July 2020

public health • 16 min read

Medical nonprofits face the pandemic

Nada Gamal | Two socially funded operations have seen their workload swell several-fold during the crisis.

5 July 2020

COVID-19 • 10 min read

Coronavirus in Sinai: Fear and negligence as cases rise. Governor: ‘Expected and not disturbing’

The surge coincided with end-of-year high school exams.

1 July 2020

COVID-19 • 23 min read

The pandemic and the search for medical care while pregnant

Azza Moghazy | Hospitals, once the safest place to give birth, have become highly dangerous

29 June 2020

COVID-19 • 15 min read

COVID-19 relief? Where is the government getting the money?

Beesan Kassab | The cut is just one of a host of measures that explain the government’s COVID-19 budget policy.

23 June 2020

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