The budget for a theatrical production at some universities does not exceed 11,000 Egyptian pounds ($211.54), with students making up the shortfall from their own pockets, while the number of culture palaces and houses declined from 594 venues in 2016 to 347 by 2021, amid decisions to cancel and postpone university theater festivals in the name of austerity
Egypt recorded 1.4 million dog bite cases in 2025 at a treatment cost of 1.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($32.7 million), with an estimated 10 to 14 million stray dogs roaming its streets.
A government memorandum transfers Egypt’s 40,000 subsidized food outlets serving 60.8 million citizens to the “Carry On” brand under the Future of Egypt Authority, while outlet owners warn of crippling development costs, profit margins as low as 25 piasters per unit, and no official communication on how the transition will work
Egypt quietly issued asylum law executive regulations a year behind schedule, transferring refugee management from the UNHCR to the Interior Ministry amid warnings of an institutional vacuum and violations affecting over 1.1 million refugees.
In his first extended interview in years, Egyptian lawyer and former MP Zyad Elelaimy — jailed for 3.5 years over the Hope opposition coalition case — speaks to Zawia3 about Egypt’s structural crisis, $165 billion in foreign debt, a closed political space, and why transitional justice remains the only viable path forward
Egypt’s telecom regulator approved internet and mobile price hikes of 9–15% in May 2026, as Telecom Egypt’s profits surged 282% to 5.6 billion Egyptian pounds ($107.69 million) in a single quarter — while 139,000 service complaints were filed in just six months and 82 million users report no tangible improvement in quality
