Al-Ahram Weekly

US-Egyptian cooperation on Sudan, the Red Sea, and the Nile

Amr Hamzawy

Anyone who thinks that the policies of US President Donald Trump towards the Middle East, North Africa, the Nile Basin, ...

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Editorial: Israel’s endless war crimes

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

The fate of the dollar

Mahmoud Mohieldin

Every global economic crisis prompts legitimate concerns regarding the future of the dollar as an international currency, ...

Interesting times

Abdel-Moneim Said

There is a saying derived from ancient Chinese lore that, to wish someone well, you tell them: “May you live in ...

Point-blank: Salah Diab’s memoirs

Mohamed Salmawy

Life’s ups and downs leave their mark on a person’s soul; bitter experiences leave bitter scars. But with ...

Israel’s war of extermination

Hussein Haridy

After the resumption of military operations by the Israeli Army in the Gaza Strip on 18 March in a clear violation of ...

Shaping a new Middle East

Ahmed Reda

The Middle East is witnessing the emergence of a new formula governed by a mixture of conflict and diplomacy as the current ...

Europe, quo vadis? — II

Tarek Osman

Scoping out the parameters of European defence necessitates defining what is being defended and assessing the degree ...

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Editorial: Macron in Cairo

Al-Ahram Weekly Editorial

The future of the global economy

Mahmoud Mohieldin

Nothing is worse than describing a political phase as “transitional” except describing an economic phase ...

Arab futures ­— X

Tarek Osman

The Arab world faces a spectrum of different possible futures after a transitional period of 15 years. The past 15 years ...

An Egyptian-Saudi push for regional security

Amr Hamzawy

The Middle East finds itself at a crossroads, facing a fundamental question: how can the region end the protracted war ...

Egypt’s stabilising role

Ibrahim Negm

We are living in an era characterised by profound uncertainty. Around the globe, societies are grappling with an intensifying ...

Arab futures — IX

Tarek Osman

The previous article in this series discussed the sense of malaise prevailing in large parts of the Arab world today. ...

Limelight

Fasting is healing

While the origin of fasting is unknown, it is as natural as eating, sleeping, laughing, and crying. It has been known to man and beast since the beginning of time.

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Fasting is healing

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 ...

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 ...

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

Lectures

​Don’t miss a seminar remembers poet Salah Jahin at Amir Taz Palace

Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Salebiya St, Al-Khalifa district, Tel 02 2514 2581 Sun 20, 7pm: “Sinai, ...

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​Don’t miss a seminar remembers poet Salah Jahin at Amir Taz Palace

Music and dance

​Don’t miss Tablet El-Sit band’s concerts in Cairo and Alexandria

Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373 Thurs 24, 8pm: The Talents Development Centre concert. Beit ...

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​Don’t miss Tablet El-Sit band’s concerts in Cairo and Alexandria

Sports

Liverpool, what took you so long?

At last, Mohamed Salah signed a new two-year contract with the English club but the negotiations dragged on seemingly forever

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Liverpool, what took you so long?