Al-Ahram Weekly

Egypt

Egypt dynamic elections

As presidential elections approach, Egypt’s political dynamic appears to be shifting.

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Egypt real estate: Fewer sales, more profits

Egypt: Presidential elections in a snapshot

INTERVIEW: Flourishing Egypt-Canada relations

Commentary: Reform is the true battle

After the BRICS group of countries consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa invited Egypt to join ...

New sunken treasures discovered in Alexandria

Egypt: Improving tourism prospects

Egypt: Putting the people first

Egypt-US relations: Security first

Egyptian solidarity with Libya and Morocco

Middle East priorities at the UN

Economy

Egypt's interest rates expected to remain unchanged as central bank convenes Thursday

The Central Bank of Egypt is expected to decide against any further increase in interest rates at its meeting this week.

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Egypt's interest rates expected to remain unchanged as central bank convenes Thursday

World

Al-Assad visits China

Despite Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad concluding an official visit to China this week, the strategic partnership between the two countries may be more to Beijing’s benefit than to his own.

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A new challenge to COP28

The world leaders’ meeting on climate change and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ended disappointingly ...

Quagmire of the African Sahel

The African Sahel has experienced turbulence on the political and security fronts since the early 1980s, and the countries ...

Analysis: This normalisation is different

Algeria and Morocco: Friends in need

Timeline: Morocco’s history of earthquakes

Point-blank: A defence agreement

Mohamed Salmawy

They took the world by surprise when they announced it some days ago, publishing the text of the agreement in full on ...

The Arab nation-state in a new phase

Radwan El-Sayed

The concept of the nation-state crystallised in Europe in the second half of the 19th century as empires crumbled. Italian ...

Fifty years on: The realities of the October War — III

Khaled Okasha

Middle East peace in New York?

Hussein Haridy

I wrote last week on the inauguration of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York and the high-level ...

The political economy of the October War

Taha Abdel-Alim

As we approach the 50th anniversary of Egypt’s triumph in the October 1973 War, let us embark on addressing a pair ...

The 2024 US elections — a test in the war on woke

David Dumke

In America, the term “woke” means to be aware of racial prejudice and by extension to gender prejudice and ...

Editorial: In favour of the poor

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

Widely hailed in political and economic circles as a positive step, the decision is seen by analysts and observers as ...

War and peace at the United Nations

Hussein Haridy

The 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations opened in New York on 5 September, with its theme being ...

Media without soul

Lubna Abdel-Aziz

In a period like the present which is so notoriously transitional we need them more than ever. Today’s news story ...

Five scenarios

Abdel-Moneim Said

Iam a member of the Arab generation that lived through the Nakba, the Naksa (or 1967 defeat), and other manifestations ...

Point-blank: Personalise and demonise

Mohamed Salmawy

After the war when the Soviet Union emerged as the new enemy, the West demonised Stalin whose policies also contributed ...

On summits and common people

Mahmoud Mohieldin

The annual meetings of the UN General Assembly kicked off this week in New York bringing together the leaders of member ...

Fifty years on: The realities of the October War — II

Khaled Okasha

I n Tel Aviv, Golda Meir, the prime minister of Israel, found herself with only a limited number of ministers (three ...

The empire of deception

Gamal Abdel-Gawad

T he American film “Oppenheimer” tells the story of the production and dropping of the world’s first ...

Culture

Unsung victims

Michelle Tusan, The Last Treaty, Cambridge University Press, pp345, 2023

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Off the bookshelf: A reading list from the Arab publications

Books: Highlights of the month

Thin is in — again

It seems like only yesterday, we were hurrying and scurrying to get ready for our summer by the sea. Now summer is almost ...

Young Egyptian winners of Chopin piano competition follow the composer's footprints in Poland

Sayed Darwish: The way it has been

The suburban Miserables: On Fabrica's full-length musical production

Thus spoke Nietzsche

The world lost the great German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer Friedrich Nietzsche ...

‘Love, whose month is ever May’

The call to prayer

There it stands throughout the world, a visible landmark of any Islamic city. Tall, stately, beautiful, it looks ...

Where has the magic gone?

There is hardly a human on this planet who has not been impacted, in one way or another by the genius of Walt Disney. He ...

Long live the king

Now that the Hollywood award season is over and the gold has been handed to the victors, has the feasting dust settled ...

Another great Kate

Whether you spell it with a K or a C, history is replete with many Kates, both in real queens to Hollywood royalty. The ...

For the love of man

The world is dressed up in rosy red and pretty pink, awaiting the arrival of Valentine’s Day. We all know the story ...

Oranges and lemons

Here comes the jailer once again and the whole world took notice. Son of Rabbi Benzion Mileikowsky of Warsaw, Poland, ...

Waiting for Superman

At such a crisis as this in our lives, we demand a firm ground to stand on, but we demand from whom? Do we govern the ...

Headed for Egypt

There is a hurry and a flurry — a hustle and a bustle — a mysterious force driving people around the world to ...

Whatever happened to global warming?

For the past few decades it was the talk of the town — the principal talk of every town around the globe. Now ...

Heritage

New discoveries at Abusir

The newly discovered storerooms inside the Old Kingdom Pyramid of Sahure in Abusir shed light on the distinguished architecture of this ancient Egyptian edifice.

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Features

Promoting technical education

More international applied technology schools will be educating Egyptian students in the upcoming academic year.

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Focus

Alexandria’s Antoniadis Gardens: A journey through time

The first phase of the restoration of Alexandria’s Antoniadis Gardens, one of the oldest in the world, has recently concluded, writes Dina Al-Mahdy

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Alexandria’s Antoniadis Gardens: A journey through time

Living

Gifts for the season

A new business is aiming to put art back into every celebration, including seasonal festivities and holiday treats.

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Sufra Dayma

Chicken Alfredo in creamy mushroom sauce (without eggs)

Serves 4-6 Ingredients: 8 chicken breast fillets 250 gm button mushrooms (sliced) 50 gm fresh or frozen spinach ...

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Chicken Alfredo in creamy mushroom sauce (without eggs)

Rejuvenating your skin can be your go-to skincare plan as the weather turns colder. It can help your skin to retain its healthy appearance by keeping it well-hydrated, plumped, and functioning optimally

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Interviews

INTERVIEW: A journey of African integration

Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Chileshe Kapwepwe talks about the organisation’s efforts to deepen African economic integration to Mona Sewilam

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INTERVIEW: A journey of African integration

Creating a balance for development

Understanding the children of the Nile

INTERVIEW: A General at the Opera

INTERVIEW: Constructive dialogue on human rights

INTERVIEW: Towards holistic health

INTERVIEW: Hormones for better health

INTERVIEW: Writing for a cause

Memories of a diva

Nakba remembered

Nakba at 75: Remembering the Palestinian catastrophe

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.

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Nakba at 75: Remembering the Palestinian catastrophe

Special

INTERVIEW: Conflict in Sudan - ‘Life-and-death battle’

Professor of international relations at SOAS in London Gilbert Achcar explains in an interview that it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war.

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INTERVIEW: Conflict in Sudan - ‘Life-and-death battle’

Analysis: National security threats after the 30 June Revolution

Egypt formulated its comprehensive approach to national security following the 30 June Revolution in 2013, driven by ...

Egyptian foreign policy after June 2013

Libya: Concerns over militias

The SAF and RSF: Masks off

Uncertainty at the border

On 23 April, Egypt announced that it was coordinating with Sudanese authorities to secure the safe return of Egyptian ...

Fleeing war

The sun glares down on Argeen crossing at the Egyptian-Sudanese border. On Monday morning, the place looked calm. But ...

Too close to home

Nightmare in Sudan

Catastrophe threatens in Sudan

CORRECTION: Ethiopia’s Sudanese nightmare

Zero-sum game

Ramadan in Niger

Faith and patriotism

Boutros Boutros-Ghali: A diplomatic nonconformist

Know your birds

Why 1922 mattered

Art

Hussein Bicar (1912-2002)

Hussein Bicar (1912-2002), one of Egypt’s most popular artists, lived to the age of 89. Born in 1913 in Alexandria, ...

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Exhibition: Tales of Scheherazade

Abdel-Hady El-Gazzar, a legend creator

Exhibition: Becoming vintage

Don’t miss Ahmed El-Kutt’s exhibition at Samah gallery

Farghali Abdel-Hafiz: The dreamer

Salah Taher (1911–2007): a philosopher of art

Don’t miss the intergenerational dialogue at Zamalek art gallery

Adieu Abdel Aal Hassan, portraitist

Don’t miss the Jordanian Fady Dawoud’s exhibition at Picasso gallery

The “Coming Together” duet exhibition showing at Picasso gallery is a must see

Artist Mustafa Abdel-Moaty, winner of the 2021 Nile International Award for Arts

Don’t miss Mashrabia gallery’s group show

Nada Mobarak’s Look them in the Eye show is a must see

Fatima El-Shiati’s “Parole Parole” at Messadi gallery is a must see

Arcade gallery invites its visitors to “Nights with Poultry!”

Nazli Madkour’s exhibition of paintings at Picasso is a must see

Cinema

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, ...

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Exhibitions

Artist Farahat Zaki’s portraits are on show at Duroub gallery

American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Sharjah Art Gallery “Under Control” exhibition is ...

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Artist Farahat Zaki’s portraits are on show at Duroub gallery

Bibliothek gallery’s group show “Vivid” is not to be missed

Exhibition of Sayed El-Bebany at the opera’s Ziad Bakir gallery is a must see

Mohamed Mahdy’s photo exhibition at Tahrir Cultural Centre is a must see

Don’t miss Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art’s group show

Aliaa Abdel-Hady’s exhibition about artificial intelligence is not to be missed

Don’t miss “Wonder Art III” group exhibition at CLEG gallery

Don’t miss “Different Space” group exhibition at Yassin gallery

Garden of Art gallery’s group show is not to be missed

Don’t miss the Russian Cultural Centre’s caricature exhibition on Gamal Abdel-Nasser

“Medieval Cairo” photo exhibition by Nihal Tamraz is not to be missed

Picasso East’s Summer collective exhibition is a must go

Don’t miss Cordoba gallery's Summer group exhibition

Don’t miss Lamasatt gallery’s unique group exhibition

“Tokyo Before/After” traveling photography exhibition is a must see

Don’t miss Fady Francis’s miniature sculptures on show at Salah Taher gallery

Adham Lotfy’s exhibition at Duroub gallery is a must go

Lectures

Don’t miss photographer Rehab Eldalil’s talk at the AUC

American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 02 2615 3318 The Photographic ...

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Don’t miss photographer Rehab Eldalil’s talk at the AUC

Don’t miss Awladna Foundation’s “Media Usage for the Gifted” panel discussion at TCC

Legendary graphic designer Irma Boom gives a talk at TCC’s Ewart Memorial Hall

Don’t miss the Italian and Arabic courses registration at the Italian Cultural Institute

The International Language Assessment Conference in Egypt will take place at AUC Tahrir Campus

Meet poet Fares Qatrya at El Sawy Culturewheel

Don’t miss El Sawy Culturewheel’s thirteenth Book Fair

Join an author talk and book signing with Sherif Meleka at TCC

Don’t miss novelist Reem Bassiouny’s open discussion at Diwan Bookstore in the North Coast

Don’t miss Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s series of free lectures and workshops for children and school students

Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 ...

Don’t miss a conversation about Cairo’s Contemporary Art Scene with Kevin Krapf

Picasso East’s Summer collective exhibition is a must go

Don’t miss the virtual book discusion with novelist Elizabeth Loudon

Don’t miss a free community conversation and book discussion with Andrew Simon at the TCC

Don’t miss the signing ceremony of Law Firm for Murder novel at Diwan Bookstore

Bibliotheca Alexandrina offers a series of free lectures and workshops for children and school students during the summer vacation

Don’t miss “Tomorrow’s Leaders (TL) Annual Symposium 2023” at the AUC

Theater

Don’t miss Sayadaty Ana play at Al-Qawmi Theatre

The Cairo Puppet Theatre Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Tel 02 2591 0954 Nogoum men Khashab (stars of wood), ...

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Don’t miss Sayadaty Ana play at Al-Qawmi Theatre

Don’t miss out Bab Aashq play at Taliaa Theatre

Leilat Alqatala play at Taliaa Theatre is a must go

Don’t miss Almalek Hammam wa Aasabet Aldabaa play at Lycee El Horreya Theatre

Don’t miss Gimo’s Adventures children play at the International Park

Bab Aashq play showing at Taliaa Theatre is a must go

Don’t miss Sayadaty Ana play at The National Theatre

Khetat Cupid play is showing at Al-Salam Theatre

Tayeb wa Amir play will be performed at the Egyptian National Theatre Festival

Koki’s Heaven children play is back at Lycee El Horreya Theatre in Alexandria

Sayadaty Ana play is showing at the National Theatre

Irtigalia interactive theatre performance at TCC is not to be missed

Don't miss Yassin and Bahiya play at the Floating Theatre

Stockman play at Al-Ghad Theatre is a must go

Bab Aashq play is the latest theatre production showing at Taliaa Theatre

Don’t miss Gimo’s Adventures children play at the International Park

Sayadaty Ana play is the latest theatrical production at The National Theatre

Music and dance

Nigerian-Italian singer Anna Bassy will perform on She Arts Festival stage

“She Arts”Performing Arts Festival (28 October-1 October) is an international art and cultural festival ...

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Nigerian-Italian singer Anna Bassy will perform on She Arts Festival stage

Belgian-Egyptian singer Tamino gives a concert at Tahrir Cultural Centre

Don’t miss Saad El-Oud’s oud recital at El Sawy Culturewheel

Pianist Omar Khairat’s concert concludes Salaheddin Citadel Festival for Music and Singing

Don’t miss the concerts of Lena Chamamyan and Hisham Kharma at Salaheddin Citadel Festival for Music and Singing

Singer Faia Younan performs at the 31th Salaheddin Citadel Festival

Jazzist Noha Fekry gives concerts in TCC and El Sawy Culturewheel

Don’t miss a concert by Tablet Elsitt band at El Sawy Culturewheel

Jordan’s Jadal band performs at El Sawy Culturewheel and Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Massar Egbari band opens the BA 20th International Summer Festival

Nesma Mahgoub’s concert at Alexandria Opera House Summer Festival is not to be missed

Don’t miss Bolivia’s ArteCanto Choir and Orchestra concerts

Don’t miss Reem Ezzeldin's concert at Tahrir Cultural Centre

Don’t miss Dominican violinist Aisha Syed’s concert at the Cairo Opera House

Don’t miss Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji’s concert at the Cairo Opera House

Don’t miss The Arpeggione Duo’s concert at the Tahrir Cultural Centre

Don’t miss out a concert of unique fusion project features H.O.H band at Tahrir Cultural Centre

Sports

Start of the champions

Ahly of Egypt began the defence of their African Champions League title on a winning note, breezing past Saint George of Ethiopia 3-0 in the first leg of the round of 32 of the African Champions League in Cairo on Sunday to put the defence of their title on the right track, Alaa Abdel-Ghani reports

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