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Latest Series · Football & Media

Al Ahly and Zamalek: The Data Race Off the Pitch

Beyond match scores and championship trophies, what do the data reveal about Egypt’s two biggest clubs in press coverage and social network virality? An ongoing multi-part series.

  1. 01Al Ahly and Zamalek in Newspapers and Social Media
  2. 02What Do the Headlines Say About Ahly and Zamalek?
  3. 03Which Players Command the Headlines?
  4. 04The Cairo Derby by the Numbers
  5. 05The Digital Poles: Mapping Facebook Supporter Communities
October 2026 · 5 PartsExplore Full Series →
Social Media

TikTok at Facebook’s Gates

Fresh metrics mapping Egypt’s social platform landscape: one network closing in on the reigning giant, another defying popular impressions, and a widening demographic divergence.

October 2026 · 6 PlatformsRead Story →
Rasid

The Most Mentioned Woman in the Headlines… Has No Name

A visual investigation of 270,731 Arab opinion headlines: when do women lead the headlines, and in what capacity?

October 2026 · 270,731 headlinesRead Story →
Digital Geography

Where Are You From? And Where Do You Live?

Where did the managers of 10,955 Egyptian public Facebook pages originate, and where do their declared locations sit today?

October 2026 · 10,955 PagesRead Story →
History

When the Map Lagged Behind the War

A visual investigation into troop movements along the Suez Canal during the October 1973 War as monitored from Washington.

September 2026 · October 1973Read Story →