Cairo’s stance on Gaza will remain unchanged despite threats by Trump to withhold aid if it does not comply with his plans to take over the Strip and expel the Palestinians.
The government is raising the minimum wage for private-sector employees for the sixth time in three years.
The Senate, the upper house of Egypt’s parliament, reconvened this week after a two-week break to discuss government ...
Trump is playing a tough guy with the world but in the Middle East the returning president seems to make US policies even meaner.
The statement issued by the Arab Foreign Ministers Summit in Cairo, along with the statements from the White House and ...
US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal that the United States should assume control over Gaza after the end ...
Less than a week into his presidency, US President Donald Trump revealed his stance towards the Palestinians by calling ...
It is difficult to view US President Donald Trump, who assumed office on 20 January, as a typical supporter of Israel. ...
What a travesty. Every ill that Western officials and pundits would charge Third World countries of practising is now ...
At times of geopolitical crisis, the loudest voices often belong to those who thrive on chaos and short-term reactionary ...
The concept of Arab national security has been the subject of significant intellectual and theoretical debate in recent ...
Israel has secured three strategic victories over the past 15 months. Firstly, it has managed to downgrade the military ...
US President Donald Trump is embarking on a notable departure from the Democratic Party legacy that characterised his ...
Developments in Gaza and the Middle East as a whole were full of surprises last week, and they were not very encouraging, ...
I disagree. This has long been a well-thought-out and detailed plan. In February last year, Trump’s son-in-law ...
US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks urging Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians to “clean out” ...
US President Donald Trump kicked off the month of February with the announcement of tariffs on the northern and southern ...
Hani Mustafa explores the themes of place and memory that were on show at this month’s Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films
It is that mysteriously, magical, many-splendoured thing called love, bewitching and bewildering all mankind. Where ...
“The most wonderful time of the year” may have been ended, but in Hollywood it is just beginning. The holiday ...
With joy in the air we cautiously bask in the light of hope. Our new year started with a bang, chasing out the woes of ...
From tower tops, cathedrals, domes and palaces, the rich peals of silver bells will ring in a merry Christmas and a happy ...
This many splendored season of year’s end is hard to resist. Despite the apathy and lethargy that sucked out our ...
With December here and the new year is near, what are the visions of a better future? Always in pursuit of the unknown, innumerable ...
Is there any chance Benjamin Netanyahu and company will be arrested by the International Criminal Court? Not in a million, ...
“All men are created equal,” they cried as they etched in stone the greatest constitution of the “greatest ...
If we missed celebrating its international day, 1 October, it is time to make amends. We turn to Africa, “the cradle ...
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” we look forward to every tomorrow. Even though the world is in a ...
Where is the freedom, long pursued? Where is the democracy, long acclaimed? Reason has taken flight. Filling the gaps ...
Arguably, the biggest celebrity in the world right now is Taylor Swift. In case some have not heard of her, it is time ...
Last year a study was widely circulated in which scientists claimed that the human brain has shrunk. This was the ...
As the temperatures rise in this sweltering heat, our summer sears our bodies and steams our minds, with little relief. Is ...
Amidst much pomp and circumstance, the world once again salutes the splendour of the human spirit. In a sea aglow ...
Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the afterlife
Beneath centuries of soot, dust, and grime, a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours and intricate imagery has been rediscovered ...
Egypt’s National Gene Bank and Genetic Resources is preserving native crops and other species to enable the development of climate-resilient varieties and ensure food security
Efforts are continuing to provide help and medical treatment to those affected by drug abuse in Egypt, while tightening up penalties for traffickers.
The Business Ya Shabab exhibition, Egypt’s premier youth entrepreneurship event, returned for its second edition at the Cairo International Stadium earlier this month, reports Omneya Yousry
Serves 4-6 Ingredients: 10-12 drumsticks (bone-in, skin-on; washed thoroughly, drained) 1 onion (peeled, quartered) 4-5 ...
By understanding the psychology of colour, you can create environments that support your well-being and enrich your daily experiences.
Rania Khallaf visits veteran Egyptian artist Evelyn Ashamallah in her Downtown Cairo apartment
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the Palestinian Catastrophe – Al-Ahram Weekly republishes the 1998 special pages commemorating 50 years of Palestinian dispossession and the creation of Israel on 14 May 1948.
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
On 23 April, Egypt announced that it was coordinating with Sudanese authorities to secure the safe return of Egyptian ...
The sun glares down on Argeen crossing at the Egyptian-Sudanese border. On Monday morning, the place looked calm. But ...
Hussein Bicar (1912-2002), one of Egypt’s most popular artists, lived to the age of 89. Born in 1913 in Alexandria, ...
All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, ...
American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Sharjah Art Gallery "Solidarity Now" is the AUC Visual ...
American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Mansour Group Lecture Hall Sun 16, 1-2pm: "Demystifying Positive ...
American University in Cairo AUC New Cairo campus gardens Da Zanbokom (It is Your Fault) AUC's newest play, ...
Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373 Sun 16, 8pm: The Arab Music Heritage ensemble performs classical ...
The Egyptian Football Association had a full schedule this week
The Men’s World Handball Championship, set to kick off on 14 January in Herning in Denmark, Poreč in Croatia, and ...
The first manufacturing facility for solar thermal collectors in Egypt and the Middle East has come to life after a German grant, reports Mai Samih
Pope Kyrillos IV, Egyptian Pope between 1854 and 1861, transformed the Coptic Church. Politically, he asserted the ...