Al-Ahram Weekly

Editorial: The Syria we desire

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

The priority, Cairo has insisted, is serving the interests of the Syrian people and maintaining the unity and territorial ...

Arab futures ­— I

Tarek Osman

Three key developments have taken place on the geo-strategic scene in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past 15-months. Israel ...

Trump’s second term

Hussein Haridy

In a few days from now, the United States will witness the swearing in of its 47th president, President-elect Donald ...

Towards an Arab project

Abdel-Moneim Said

I have discussed the various Israeli, Turkish and Iranian projects to reconfigure the Middle East to suit their interests, ...

Point-blank: Fooling no one

Mohamed Salmawy

What a farce! The HTS is still designated a terrorist organisation by most Western countries, including Germany and France, ...

A pebble in the political pond

Gamal Abdel-Gawad

The announcement of the establishment of the National Front Party has cast a pebble into the stagnant pond of Egyptian ...

Reflections on faith and solidarity

Ibrahim Negm

The firestorms devastating California and the tragic events unfolding in Gaza may appear to be disparate crises separated ...

The private sector and education

Walid M. Abdelnasser

Since the early periods of human history, and more specifically since the last two centuries of the first millennium, ...

Point-blank: Political marketing

Mohamed Salmawy

The process is utilising all the arts and instruments of political marketing, which differ little from commercial marketing. ...

Tripartite showdown in the Middle East

Hussein Haridy

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 Trump

Abdel-Moneim Said

Waiting for President Donald Trump will not be like waiting for Godot, the famous absurdist drama by Samuel Beckett in ...

Bringing in the private sector

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

This coincides with the state embarking on a broad plan to bolster the role of the private sector, with the government ...

Welcome to Trump world

Mahmoud Mohieldin

Every year for the economics profession starts with the world’s largest gathering of economists at the Allied Social ...

Lessons of history

Ahmed Mostafa

Re-visiting history should never be underestimated as an aid to the present in practice and in theory. It is useful not ...

Call to action for Egypt’s expats

Ibrahim Negm

Egypt, with its rich and unparalleled heritage, vibrant society, and immense historical significance, stands as one of ...

Limelight

Other worlds of wonder

Be it Wonderland or Oz, Middle-earth or Never Never land there is a world that exists in your own fantasy. Mythical ...

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Other worlds of wonder

The bells are ringing

From tower tops, cathedrals, domes and palaces, the rich peals of silver bells will ring in a merry Christmas and a happy ...

Our season of joy

This many splendored season of year’s end is hard to resist. Despite the apathy and lethargy that sucked out our ...

If winter is here

With December here and the new year is near, what are the visions of a better future? Always in pursuit of the unknown, innumerable ...

Only a paper moon

Is there any chance Benjamin Netanyahu and company will be arrested by the International Criminal Court? Not in a million, ...

Illusions of equality

“All men are created equal,” they cried as they etched in stone the greatest constitution of the “greatest ...

The drink that changed the world

If we missed celebrating its international day, 1 October, it is time to make amends. We turn to Africa, “the cradle ...

We love to live

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” we look forward to every tomorrow. Even though the world is in a ...

Freedom, not democracy

Where is the freedom, long pursued? Where is the democracy, long acclaimed? Reason has taken flight. Filling the gaps ...

Meet the Swifties

Arguably, the biggest celebrity in the world right now is Taylor Swift. In case some have not heard of her, it is time ...

Is your brain shrinking?

Last year a study was widely circulated in which scientists claimed that the human brain has shrunk. This was the ...

The heat is on

As the temperatures rise in this sweltering heat, our summer sears our bodies and steams our minds, with little relief. Is ...

A smile on Olympus

Amidst much pomp and circumstance, the world once again salutes the splendour of the human spirit. In a sea aglow ...

Summers by the sea

Here comes the roaring summer season with a myriad pleasures, through its longest days and sparkling lights. Despite ...

Wars of the mind

Propaganda has always been a powerful tool in manipulating man’s wars and man’s minds. It is the active ...

That magnificent obsession

It may be deadly, but irresistible. You dream of its euphoric scent penetrating the air around you. You crave that mellow ...

Special

The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty at a crossroads

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

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The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty at a crossroads

Lectures

Don't miss Mustafa Sarhank's book discussion at the Consulate

American University in Cairo Tues 21, 7-8pm (Online Event): "Ihsan Abdel-Kouddous (1919–1990)" a special ...

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Don't miss Mustafa Sarhank's book discussion at the Consulate

Music and dance

On the occasion of China-Egypt year of friendship, Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre gives a concert

Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373 Sun 19, 8pm: The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music ensemble performs ...

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On the occasion of China-Egypt year of friendship, Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre gives a concert

Sports

Certainly qualified

Egypt’s three clubs secured quarter-final spots in Africa’s two top football competitions while the fourth has a decent chance

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Certainly qualified