The Egyptian Net Hub
Egypt’s role as an infrastructural networking hub is under the radar but has great significance strategically. This thread opens up the issue for further scrutiny.
Women-only ride-sharing apps
Fatma Elzahraa Badaw, The New Arab, Women-only ride-sharing apps launch in Egypt after Uber sexual harassment scandals, 25 Jul 2024 “”We focused on providing job opportunities for female drivers,”...
’Illegal’ Hajj (update)
‘Illegality’ is probably in the eye of the beholder here: AFP/France 24, Hajj on the cheap: off-the-books pilgrims hide out in Mecca, 5 Jun 2024. “Living on canned beans...
Egyptian Responses to Iran attack
The National, Iran’s attack on Israel met with online ridicule from Egyptians, 15 Apr 2024 “Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel has produced a wave of ridicule among Egyptians on social...
Women Rappers in Egypt
AFP/France24 Egypt’s women rappers fight for place in rising scene, 10 Apr 2024 “Last year, 60 percent of Spotify’s most-streamed Arab artists were in the hip-hop genre, which includes...
Sandvine on Entity List
I’m slightly late to this article: Peter Guest, Wired UK, Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It, 28 Feb 2024 “On...
Egypt’s “Digital Nomads”
Mohamed Alaa, Guardian, Egypt’s economic woes lure digital nomads – but cast others out to sea, 16 Feb 2024 “The number of digital nomads rose sharply during the pandemic, when...