2,800 fishing licenses at Lake Nasser have been suspended after 234 fishermen refused to hand Egypt’s Future Authority 40% of their catch without it bearing any operating costs
Human rights lawyer Azza Soliman tells Zawia3 that Egypt’s new personal status law risks partial fixes without the comprehensive family law overhaul the country needs.
A rights group tracked 216 suicides in Egypt in 2024 and warns the true figure may be ten times higher, as 29 percent of Egyptians live below the poverty line.
Egypt spent $550 billion on infrastructure but recorded 5,260 road deaths in 2024, recurring sinkholes, and streets that flood with a single rainstorm.
A subsidized fertilizer bag costs 260 Egyptian pounds in Egypt but sells on the black market for 1,400 pounds, as phantom holdings let absentee owners drain the subsidy system.
360 families evacuated from Al-Sayyida Zeinab in 2020 were promised new homes in 18 months. Six years later, no resettlement date has been
