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The New Republic Negotiates. The New Republic Ignores. The New Republic Permits.
Labor dispatch!
Jun 8
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Saher
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Egypt, The New Republic Remains in the ITUC Hall of Shame
Labor dispatch!
Jun 2
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Saher
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Intelligence-Linked Media Giant Leaves Journalists Without Pay for Nearly a Year
Labor dispatch!
May 19
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Saher
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Egypt’s Independent Unions: Organized Into Silence
Labor dispatch!
May 12
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Saher
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Pharmaceutical Workers in Cairo Strike Over Unpaid Entitlements and Forced Resignations
Labor dispatch!
Apr 25
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Saher
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Samanoud Textiles' Monthly Strike Economy
Labor dispatch!
Apr 12
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Saher
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Corruption Is the Name of the Game in the Delta
This is a story of how suits robbed blue collars at one of Egypt’s most important fertilizer factories—& got away with it, year after year.
Apr 8
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Saher
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Egypt, The New Republic: Economic Recovery & Its Labor Discontent
The New Republic's economic model rests on more than fiscal adjustment & external inflows. It rests on keeping labor cheap, fragmented, & easier to…
Mar 26
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Saher
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Egypt, The New Republic, Taxes as a Mirror of Power
Why the property tax amendments changed almost nothing, who really controls land, and why genuine progressive reform was never on the table.
Jan 25
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Saher
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Egypt, The New Republic’s Electoral Onion
Egypt, The New Republic held its first House of Representatives elections. So, what happened that was so different this time around? Who did what? Why…
Nov 30, 2025
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Saher
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Egypt, the new republic in October 2025: Consolidated power and smokescreens
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The Egyptian Education Apparatus: Ultranationalism, Blueprint Exams, and the Kuttab
Egypt's Education Ministry continues to ban "controversial" topics, tightening existing state security control over education and promoting…
Sep 17, 2025
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Saher
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Same song & dance: Egypt & an endless cycle of rent extraction
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Explained: Egypt’s new drinking water & wastewater law
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