Al-Ahram Weekly - Opinion

Point-blank: Chronicles of time and place

Mohamed Salmawy

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the death of that exceptional literary figure, the likes of whom time rarely ...

Point-blank: Revolutionary culture

Mohamed Salmawy

It was far more than a military movement; it was a comprehensive national renaissance whose leaders understood that genuine ...

Entering the waste land

Samir Morcos

“Hope, when severed from belief and unrestrained by historical realities, becomes a dangerous value; it threatens ...

Taking stock at quarter century — X

Tarek Osman

These have included trends that events far from the region, whether in the US or Europe, have imposed on the Arab ...

Taking stock at quarter century — VIII

Tarek Osman

The idea that there is an Arab world that, because of the heritage of the Arabic language, shares many cultural traits ...

Taking stock at quarter century — V

Tarek Osman

Some commentators insist that what began in Tunisia in December 2010 and almost immediately afterwards spread to large ...

Point-blank: Expanding Gaza

Mohamed Salmawy

How can such a vast mass of debris be dealt with? This is not just building materials shattered and pulverised during ...

On development and denial 

Mahmoud Mohieldin

Two annual summits are about to convene. It would be an overstatement to say they are eagerly awaited – except, ...

All eyes on the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement

Amr Hamzawy

The ceasefire agreement reached in Sharm El-Sheikh in October represents a pivotal moment in the Israeli-Palestinian ...

Point-blank: Trufanov

Mohamed Salmawy

The former, frail and haggard; the latter, healthy and in good spirits. Some Western mainstream media did focus on some ...

What now

Abdel-Moneim Said

The political gathering dispersed on the evening of Monday, 13 October 2025. It didn’t follow Middle Eastern time, ...

The test of a great generation

Abdel-Moneim Said

There is more than one way to write history. It can be portrayed, for example, as a conflict between social classes or, ...

The Egypt-US strategic partnership: A vision for shared prosperity

Sameh Aboul-Enein

In an era marked by geopolitical upheaval and global realignments, the strategic relationship between Egypt and the United ...

Egypt’s calculated diplomacy and the world’s responsibility

Ezzat Ibrahim

When the bombing of Gaza finally stopped on 13 October, the silence carried the weight of months of deliberate work by ...

Editorial: Cautious hopes for Palestine

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

But there remain many challenges ahead, including the fear that the current extremist government of Israeli Prime Minister ...