Al-Ahram Weekly

Shifts and opportunities in the global economy

Waly Dolaty

When US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports ...

Cyber security challenges in the Middle East — I

Sameh Aboul-Enein

The region’s security landscape is experiencing fundamental changes. Crisis-hit areas continue to face instability; ...

Point-blank: A new UN secretary

Mohamed Salmawy

According to UN regulations, the presidencies of both the Security Council and the General Assembly have written to member ...

On economic indicators and sentiments

Mahmoud Mohieldin

Every year at this time of year, reports pour in from governments, companies, international institutions, and think tanks ...

Reformulating the US role

Amr Hamzawy

The US National Security Strategy announced this month, marks a pivotal moment and reveals a profound shift in the US ...

Entering the waste land

Samir Morcos

“Hope, when severed from belief and unrestrained by historical realities, becomes a dangerous value; it threatens ...

Taking stock at quarter century — X

Tarek Osman

These have included trends that events far from the region, whether in the US or Europe, have imposed on the Arab ...

Taking stock at quarter century — VIII

Tarek Osman

The idea that there is an Arab world that, because of the heritage of the Arabic language, shares many cultural traits ...

Taking stock at quarter century — V

Tarek Osman

Some commentators insist that what began in Tunisia in December 2010 and almost immediately afterwards spread to large ...

Point-blank: Expanding Gaza

Mohamed Salmawy

How can such a vast mass of debris be dealt with? This is not just building materials shattered and pulverised during ...

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, ...

Limelight

Where are the songs of spring?

As we sailed through the new year in the midst of brutal crimes and illegal wars and bloodshed, we realise spring is ...

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Where are the songs of spring?

War or peace

As time rushes forward, each new year passes faster than the previous ones. When has January slipped to February, leaving ...

Consider the cradle

Classicists of the 18th and 19th centuries European Enlightenment, were inspired by intellectual ideas and the democratic ...

Some dare, some care

How a mighty empire can be deliberately concealed, destined to remain underground, undisclosed, and unknown. In fact, ...

Cannes comes in May

May is the sweet month that pays homage to nature and man alike. Trees, fields, gardens, and floral petals capture the ...

Anatomy of love

The sweet smell of flowers, the fields of green grass, the long daylight hours give us a new lease on life. Every little ...

Fasting is healing

Long before established religions, pre-historic man, as well as animals, instinctively refrained from eating when sick, ...

The flavours of Ramadan

Muslims not only refrain from food and drink during the daylight hours, but ideally refrain from the sins of the flesh, ...

‘If winter comes’

Feeling low in winter? The tired brain prefers to focus on winter’s woes and its body’s physical needs, rather ...

It should be spring

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

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 ...

Special

Samir Sobhi (1937-2025): Putting it all together

I never imagined that one day Hani Mustafa, the head of the Layout Department at Al-Ahram Weekly, would call me to request an obituary about Samir Sobhi, one of the founding pillars of the newspaper and the founding head of the Layout Department.

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Samir Sobhi (1937-2025): Putting it all together

Exhibitions

“Ningyo: Art and Beauty of Japanese Doll” traveling exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must see

American University in Cairo AUC New Cairo Campus, Tel 02 2615 2694/012 80009077 Sharjah Art Gallery “Disruption” ...

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“Ningyo: Art and Beauty of Japanese Doll” traveling exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must see

Lectures

Don’t miss a conversation on Palestinian prison literature with writers Basem Khandaqji and Nasser Abu Srour at TCC

American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus The Sullivan Lounge Sun 19, 1pm – 2pm: Join a talk by David ...

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Don’t miss a conversation on Palestinian prison literature with writers Basem Khandaqji and Nasser Abu Srour at TCC

Music and dance

​Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet will be performed at Cairo Opera House

Amir Bashtak Palace (Arab Singing House) Al-Muaaz St, Tel 02 2787 9187 Thurs 16, 6.30pm: The Little Fingers Orchestra ...

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​Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet will be performed at Cairo Opera House

Sports

Advantage Zamalek

The Egyptian football club need only a draw to reach the final of the African Confederation Cup

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Advantage Zamalek