Al-Ahram Weekly

Playing with fire

Amr Hamzawy

US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal that the United States should assume control over Gaza after the end ...

Trump and the lessons of the Middle East

Less than a week into his presidency, US President Donald Trump revealed his stance towards the Palestinians by calling ...

Trump revives Israel’s aspirations

It is difficult to view US President Donald Trump, who assumed office on 20 January, as a typical supporter of Israel. ...

Point-blank: Third World practices

Mohamed Salmawy

What a travesty. Every ill that Western officials and pundits would charge Third World countries of practising is now ...

The voice of sanity must prevail

Ibrahim Negm

At times of geopolitical crisis, the loudest voices often belong to those who thrive on chaos and short-term reactionary ...

Safeguarding Arab national security

Mohamed Fayez Farahat

The concept of Arab national security has been the subject of significant intellectual and theoretical debate in recent ...

Arab futures ­— V

Tarek Osman

Israel has secured three strategic victories over the past 15 months. Firstly, it has managed to downgrade the military ...

Avoiding a recipe for disaster: Trump’s plan to relocate the Palestinians

Ahmed Reda

US President Donald Trump is embarking on a notable departure from the Democratic Party legacy that characterised his ...

Trump’s deal for Gaza and the Middle East

Hussein Haridy

Developments in Gaza and the Middle East as a whole were full of surprises last week, and they were not very encouraging, ...

Point-blank: Preconceived plan

Mohamed Salmawy

I disagree. This has long been a well-thought-out and detailed plan. In February last year, Trump’s son-in-law ...

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Editorial: United Arab message

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

‘Cleaning out’ Gaza is ill-advised

Amr Hamzawy

US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks urging Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians to “clean out” ...

Welcome to Trump World — III

Mahmoud Mohieldin

US President Donald Trump kicked off the month of February with the announcement of tariffs on the northern and southern ...

Limelight

It should be spring

It is that mysteriously, magical, many-splendoured thing called love, bewitching and bewildering all mankind. Where ...

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It should be spring

Hollywood loves Wicked

“The most wonderful time of the year” may have been ended, but in Hollywood it is just beginning. The holiday ...

What’s in our stars?

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 ...

The bells are ringing

From tower tops, cathedrals, domes and palaces, the rich peals of silver bells will ring in a merry Christmas and a happy ...

Our season of joy

This many splendored season of year’s end is hard to resist. Despite the apathy and lethargy that sucked out our ...

If winter is here

With December here and the new year is near, what are the visions of a better future? Always in pursuit of the unknown, innumerable ...

Only a paper moon

Is there any chance Benjamin Netanyahu and company will be arrested by the International Criminal Court? Not in a million, ...

Illusions of equality

“All men are created equal,” they cried as they etched in stone the greatest constitution of the “greatest ...

The drink that changed the world

If we missed celebrating its international day, 1 October, it is time to make amends. We turn to Africa, “the cradle ...

We love to live

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” we look forward to every tomorrow. Even though the world is in a ...

Freedom, not democracy

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

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 ...

Special

The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty at a crossroads

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

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The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty at a crossroads

Lectures

​Don't miss Louise Lambert's talk about demystifying positive psychology

American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Mansour Group Lecture Hall Sun 16, 1-2pm: "Demystifying Positive ...

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​Don't miss Louise Lambert's talk about demystifying positive psychology

Music and dance

Italian duo flutist Euridice Pezzotta, guitarist Matteo Chiodini will give a concert at the Arab Music Institute

Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373 Sun 16, 8pm: The Arab Music Heritage ensemble performs classical ...

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Italian duo flutist Euridice Pezzotta, guitarist Matteo Chiodini will give a concert at the Arab Music Institute

Sports

Busy times

The Egyptian Football Association had a full schedule this week

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Busy times