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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/27/2023 9:36:00 AM
There may be nothing more indicative of the bias and lack of objectivity in US mainstream media than the case of Khader Adnan, the Palestinian political activist and political detainee who died in the Ramla maximum security prison after an 87-day hunger strike in protest of his detention without trial.
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World
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International
5/24/2023 11:01:21 AM
German police on Wednesday carried out raids across seven states targeting climate activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) group, which has sparked controversy with street blockades involving protesters gluing themselves to the asphalt.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/14/2023 7:34:05 PM
Popular Sudanese singer and activist Shaden Mohamed Hussein Grdood was killed on Saturday near Khartoum, as bloody clashes continued to wrack Sudan’s capital city.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/14/2023 6:37:16 PM
Abdel-Qader Yassin, veteran Palestinian political activist, recounts his last sight of hometown in Jaffa, which he was forced to flee with his family at the age of 10, in 1948
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/10/2023 10:10:30 PM
While Sudan’s generals have unleashed indiscriminate destruction and occupation on wide swaths of the capital, Khartoum, neighbourhood resistance committees and pro-democracy activists have stepped up to respond to the needs of citizens.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/9/2023 8:02:56 PM
The Israeli army continued operations in Gaza and the West Bank targeting Palestinian activists whom Israel claims belong to cells that carried out or planned operations against Israelis, reports Mohamed Abu Shaar
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World
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Region
5/9/2023 10:14:41 AM
Top U.N. officials, health industry leaders and activists demanded Monday that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan.
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World
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Region
5/8/2023 3:21:43 PM
Palestinian residents and activists rebuilt a school in the occupied West Bank hours after Israeli forces demolished the premises, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported.
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Books
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News
5/5/2023 12:40:32 PM
Haidar Haidar, a Syrian novelist and political activist, passed away on 5 May, at the age of 87.
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World
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International
5/1/2023 11:38:43 AM
A large number of workers and activists globally marked May Day on Monday with rallies calling for higher salaries, reduced working hours and other better working conditions.
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World
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Region
4/25/2023 12:23:41 PM
Turkey on Tuesday detained at least 110 pro-Kurdish activists, journalists, and lawyers in raids conducted just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule.
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World
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Region
4/23/2023 4:43:14 PM
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in June, his office said Sunday, weeks after a diplomatic spat over a French-Algerian activist.
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World
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Region
4/20/2023 11:28:00 PM
In crisis-hit Lebanon, lawyers have been increasingly alarmed by a recent ban from their union on media appearances not authorized by the syndicate, saying it amounts to political interference. Lawyers and human rights activists say the ban also violates laws on free speech and muzzles their accountability work.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/17/2023 1:20:00 PM
A top Kremlin foe was convicted Monday on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison after a trial that marked the latest move in a relentless crackdown on the opposition amid the fighting in Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/10/2023 12:52:16 AM
Representatives from several Egyptian human rights organisations as well as a number of independent human rights activists met with the National Dialogue general coordinator Diaa Rashwan on Sunday to discuss their concerns and issues ahead of the sessions of the National Dialogue.
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World
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Region
4/4/2023 3:20:22 PM
A top Israeli rabbi moved Tuesday to prevent Jewish prayer rights activists from breaking a ban on holding a traditional Passover sacrifice at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied east Jerusalem.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/30/2023 3:40:10 PM
A number of renowned Egyptian writers, activists, experts, and film professionals will join the specialised committees of the National Dialogue launched by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi last year to discuss national priority issues.
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World
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International
3/25/2023 6:05:12 PM
Dutch border police arrested dozens of climate activists Saturday after they breached a secure part of Eindhoven airport to protest greenhouse emissions from aviation departing the southern Dutch city.
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World
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International
3/23/2023 10:00:28 PM
China attempted Thursday to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the UN Human Rights Council, where he demanded the body urgently address allegations of serious violations by Beijing.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/21/2023 8:41:23 PM
Israel is continuing its campaign of assassinations of Palestinian activists in the West Bank despite the danger of growing escalation, writes Mohamed Abu Shaar
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