Hossam Rabie

Hossam Rabie is an Egyptian freelance journalist who contributes to several French news outlets such as Le Point, La Libre.be and Orient XXI.

Egypt | Apr 3, 2022

SWIFT cutoff leaves Egyptian students in Russia empty handed

Russia's exclusion from global payments systems has prevented thousands of Egyptian students in the country from receiving money from their families back home.

A view of the Moscow's stock market building in downtown Moscow on Feb. 28, 2022.

Egypt | Feb 24, 2020

Al-Azhar’s imam faces hostile media campaign

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb is facing a campaign of persecution and media blockade in an attempt by the state to push him to renege on his positions.

Egypt | Oct 24, 2019

Egypt plans to reinstate municipal oversight councils

Parliament hopes to pass a bill yet this year to tackle corrupt municipal workers in Egypt, even as the federal government is cracking down on protesters who are trying to take on alleged malfeasance at the highest levels.

An man Egyptian casts his ballot with a child at a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in shamma village in the northern Nile delta province of Menoufia, on April 22, 2019. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt | Oct 8, 2019

How Egyptian protesters are saying it with music

Songs with catchy rhythms and street language have become the anthems of Egypt's young protesters.

Egypt | Sep 18, 2019

Why Egypt's construction boom creates ghost towns

Egyptian leaders from Anwar to Sisi have attempted — and failed — to build lavish cities to relocate dense urban populations.

A general view shows a construction site of project "New El Alamein" by SIAC, Industrial Construction & Engineering Company at a highway of El Alamein in Egypt, October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1E93BBF140

Egypt | Aug 9, 2019

Fire, redevelopment controversy engulf 127-year-old Cairo market

An Egyptian presidential decision to vacate and restore the Ataba market stirs traders’ fears of the government's desire to control the largest market in Cairo and turn it into an investment zone.

Egypt | Mar 29, 2019

New app connects food donors to charities in Egypt

The Tekeya app, which enables hotels, restaurants and markets in Egypt to donate or sell their surplus food, could help charities develop sustainable supplies of meals to the poor.

Gulf | Mar 5, 2019

Egypt finds its nationals new job markets abroad

The difficult economic conditions and nationalization of jobs in Gulf states have caused a problem for Egyptians willing to work overseas, and prompted thousands to return home.

Egyptians living abroad arrive to cast their votes during the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary election at the Egyptian embassy in Doha, Qatar, October 17, 2015. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - GF10000248038

Egypt | Feb 19, 2019

Can Egyptian MPs oppose constitutional amendments?

As Egypt’s parliament voted in favor of constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034, parliamentarians who opposed the decision seem to have been victims of defamation campaigns.