Al-Ahram Weekly - Opinion

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 ...

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Editorial: Welcoming peace

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

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 ...

Trump at the UN

Abdel-Moneim Said

US President Donald Trump has plenty of reasons to dislike the UN. For one, it is located in New York, where his family ...

Point-blank: US deception

Mohamed Salmawy

Washington comes up with some ceasefire proposals and urges the Palestinians to accept them – or, more accurately, ...

Doha and Tel Aviv

Abdel-Moneim Said

Israel’s treacherous attack on Qatar, targeting the Hamas leadership, was followed by the usual reactions at critical ...

Israel’s collapsing moral legitimacy

Amr Helmy

Israel today stands at a perilous historical crossroads. The gravity of its situation is not confined to the ongoing ...

Going for gold?

Mahmoud Mohieldin

With the release of the most recent US labour market report, revealing employment levels that can be described as disappointing, ...

Editorial: Netanyahu astray

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

Yet this time he has barked up the wrong tree, making false claims about Egypt’s stand on Israel’s systematically ...