Podcast: the Sources of the Nile

February 22 is Nile Day! We talk about media, science and Nile politics in Egypt with  Rawia Tawfiq, political scientist at Cairo University, and Ayah Aman, journalist at Al Shorouk newspaper. Amidst many concerns for the Egyptian share of the Nile, they also point at positive steps that should be supported and celebrated.

We are joined by Iginio Gagliardone and Wondwosen Michago Seide to discuss the role that media and emotions play in framing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a symbol of unity and development for Ethiopia.

In this episode we talk with Zaki Shubber about what is water diplomacy and with Yasir Mohamed about the role that science could play in Nile hydropolitics.