The proposed Baccalaureate Certificate as an alternative to the Thanawiya Amma system has stirred controversy, with education experts calling for a thorough revision before its application
Chair of the Egyptian Stock Exchange Ahmed Al-Sheikh explains his plans for the local bourse in 2025 to Gilane Magdi and Wafaa Al-Kashef
The election of a consensus president and a new head of government signals a new era in Lebanon
On 4 January, Ethiopia was shaken by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre near Addis Ababa. It was the latest ...
The priority, Cairo has insisted, is serving the interests of the Syrian people and maintaining the unity and territorial ...
Three key developments have taken place on the geo-strategic scene in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past 15-months. Israel ...
In a few days from now, the United States will witness the swearing in of its 47th president, President-elect Donald ...
I have discussed the various Israeli, Turkish and Iranian projects to reconfigure the Middle East to suit their interests, ...
What a farce! The HTS is still designated a terrorist organisation by most Western countries, including Germany and France, ...
The announcement of the establishment of the National Front Party has cast a pebble into the stagnant pond of Egyptian ...
The firestorms devastating California and the tragic events unfolding in Gaza may appear to be disparate crises separated ...
Since the early periods of human history, and more specifically since the last two centuries of the first millennium, ...
The process is utilising all the arts and instruments of political marketing, which differ little from commercial marketing. ...
The new year looks as if it could be just a continuation from the strategic point of view of the year that just ended. ...
Waiting for President Donald Trump will not be like waiting for Godot, the famous absurdist drama by Samuel Beckett in ...
This coincides with the state embarking on a broad plan to bolster the role of the private sector, with the government ...
Every year for the economics profession starts with the world’s largest gathering of economists at the Allied Social ...
Re-visiting history should never be underestimated as an aid to the present in practice and in theory. It is useful not ...
Egypt, with its rich and unparalleled heritage, vibrant society, and immense historical significance, stands as one of ...
Hani Mustafa attends the 14th Luxor African Film Festival
Be it Wonderland or Oz, Middle-earth or Never Never land there is a world that exists in your own fantasy. Mythical ...
From tower tops, cathedrals, domes and palaces, the rich peals of silver bells will ring in a merry Christmas and a happy ...
This many splendored season of year’s end is hard to resist. Despite the apathy and lethargy that sucked out our ...
With December here and the new year is near, what are the visions of a better future? Always in pursuit of the unknown, innumerable ...
Is there any chance Benjamin Netanyahu and company will be arrested by the International Criminal Court? Not in a million, ...
“All men are created equal,” they cried as they etched in stone the greatest constitution of the “greatest ...
If we missed celebrating its international day, 1 October, it is time to make amends. We turn to Africa, “the cradle ...
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” we look forward to every tomorrow. Even though the world is in a ...
Where is the freedom, long pursued? Where is the democracy, long acclaimed? Reason has taken flight. Filling the gaps ...
Arguably, the biggest celebrity in the world right now is Taylor Swift. In case some have not heard of her, it is time ...
Last year a study was widely circulated in which scientists claimed that the human brain has shrunk. This was the ...
As the temperatures rise in this sweltering heat, our summer sears our bodies and steams our minds, with little relief. Is ...
Amidst much pomp and circumstance, the world once again salutes the splendour of the human spirit. In a sea aglow ...
Here comes the roaring summer season with a myriad pleasures, through its longest days and sparkling lights. Despite ...
Propaganda has always been a powerful tool in manipulating man’s wars and man’s minds. It is the active ...
It may be deadly, but irresistible. You dream of its euphoric scent penetrating the air around you. You crave that mellow ...
Zahi Hawass continues his history of pyramids surviving from the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom
Beneath centuries of soot, dust, and grime, a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours and intricate imagery has been rediscovered ...
Assistive technology powered by artificial intelligence is shaping a brighter future for people with disabilities in Egypt.
Omnia Haridy takes a journey into the world of khayamiya, or tentmaking, one of the country’s oldest and best-known traditional crafts
Training courses and workshops highlighting recycled materials as a sustainable and cost-effective choice for artists and designers are becoming more and more popular in Cairo, writes Sarah Elhosary
Serves 4-6 Ingredients: 400 gms driedfettuccine 750 gms beef steak (thinly sliced into strips) 1 large ...
Are you planning to adopt a healthier diet in 2025? If the answer is yes, here are the top six diets that can help you achieve your health goals while fitting seamlessly into your lifestyle.
Rania Khallaf visits veteran Egyptian artist Evelyn Ashamallah in her Downtown Cairo apartment
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the Palestinian Catastrophe – Al-Ahram Weekly republishes the 1998 special pages commemorating 50 years of Palestinian dispossession and the creation of Israel on 14 May 1948.
The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has put unprecedented pressure on the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty and the process of which it is a part, writes Sobhi Essaila
On 23 April, Egypt announced that it was coordinating with Sudanese authorities to secure the safe return of Egyptian ...
The sun glares down on Argeen crossing at the Egyptian-Sudanese border. On Monday morning, the place looked calm. But ...
Hussein Bicar (1912-2002), one of Egypt’s most popular artists, lived to the age of 89. Born in 1913 in Alexandria, ...
All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, ...
American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Sharjah Art Gallery "Solidarity Now" is the AUC Visual ...
American University in Cairo Tues 21, 7-8pm (Online Event): "Ihsan Abdel-Kouddous (1919–1990)" a special ...
The Cairo Puppet Theatre Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Tel 02 2591 0954 Zat and the Red Dress children play ...
Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373 Sun 19, 8pm: The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music ensemble performs ...
Egypt’s three clubs secured quarter-final spots in Africa’s two top football competitions while the fourth has a decent chance
The Men’s World Handball Championship, set to kick off on 14 January in Herning in Denmark, Poreč in Croatia, and ...
The first manufacturing facility for solar thermal collectors in Egypt and the Middle East has come to life after a German grant, reports Mai Samih
Pope Kyrillos IV, Egyptian Pope between 1854 and 1861, transformed the Coptic Church. Politically, he asserted the ...