Al-Ahram Weekly - Limelight

Freedom, not democracy

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

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Freedom, not democracy

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 ...

Scents and senses

The summer breezes permeate the air with fragrances of jasmine and hibiscus, refreshing our senses to the world without ...

Does no one care?

Summertime — and the living is easy, so it says. The season is officially here; whatever happened to the ...

Pursue the male species

Far from the hell and bloodbaths of agony and distress, the wars wage in distance places. The sad reality, evident ...

‘How sad and bad and mad it was’

What a seething, daunting, restless place this world is. Tensions are rising every hour, leaping from one spot to ...

If you believe Nostradamus

Once again an old book of prophecies is capturing the world’s attention. It is not just any book. It is the interpretation ...

Pack up your troubles

Our anxiety is by no means a modern phenomenon. It is part of our existence; an unavoidable consequence of life itself. Though ...

How sweet it is

The history of our world is the record of man in quest for food. Man does not live by bread alone; he needs something ...