Cairo is charting pathways to peace amid today’s intensifying global turbulence, Egyptian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ihab Awad Shehata tells Sahar Zahran in New York
MPs are to discuss the government’s new draft budget, which includes major increases in social spending
Where might the standoff between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz now lead the region, asks Dina Ezzat
When US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports ...
The region’s security landscape is experiencing fundamental changes. Crisis-hit areas continue to face instability; ...
According to UN regulations, the presidencies of both the Security Council and the General Assembly have written to member ...
Every year at this time of year, reports pour in from governments, companies, international institutions, and think tanks ...
The US National Security Strategy announced this month, marks a pivotal moment and reveals a profound shift in the US ...
“Hope, when severed from belief and unrestrained by historical realities, becomes a dangerous value; it threatens ...
These have included trends that events far from the region, whether in the US or Europe, have imposed on the Arab ...
The idea that there is an Arab world that, because of the heritage of the Arabic language, shares many cultural traits ...
Some commentators insist that what began in Tunisia in December 2010 and almost immediately afterwards spread to large ...
How can such a vast mass of debris be dealt with? This is not just building materials shattered and pulverised during ...
Two annual summits are about to convene. It would be an overstatement to say they are eagerly awaited – except, ...
The ceasefire agreement reached in Sharm El-Sheikh in October represents a pivotal moment in the Israeli-Palestinian ...
The former, frail and haggard; the latter, healthy and in good spirits. Some Western mainstream media did focus on some ...
The political gathering dispersed on the evening of Monday, 13 October 2025. It didn’t follow Middle Eastern time, ...
There is more than one way to write history. It can be portrayed, for example, as a conflict between social classes or, ...
Andrew Mohsen, El Gouna Film Festival’s new artistic director, tells Nahed Nasr all about his vision for the forum
As we sailed through the new year in the midst of brutal crimes and illegal wars and bloodshed, we realise spring is ...
As time rushes forward, each new year passes faster than the previous ones. When has January slipped to February, leaving ...
Classicists of the 18th and 19th centuries European Enlightenment, were inspired by intellectual ideas and the democratic ...
How a mighty empire can be deliberately concealed, destined to remain underground, undisclosed, and unknown. In fact, ...
May is the sweet month that pays homage to nature and man alike. Trees, fields, gardens, and floral petals capture the ...
The sweet smell of flowers, the fields of green grass, the long daylight hours give us a new lease on life. Every little ...
Long before established religions, pre-historic man, as well as animals, instinctively refrained from eating when sick, ...
Muslims not only refrain from food and drink during the daylight hours, but ideally refrain from the sins of the flesh, ...
Feeling low in winter? The tired brain prefers to focus on winter’s woes and its body’s physical needs, rather ...
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 ...
Proposals have been put forward to restore the Temple of Isis at Behbeit Al-Hagara, a little-known jewel of ancient Egyptian architecture in the Delta, writes Nevine El-Aref
The revolution of 2011 was reshaping Egypt’s political order, straining institutions, and testing the resilience ...
The government is introducing new rules to deal with the rising number of incidents involving stray dogs, ensuring human health and safety while promoting animal welfare, writes Sarah Elhosary
The US-Israeli war on Iran is leading to an environmental crisis across the Middle East, with ecosystems destabilised, air and water contaminated, and the climate burden growing heavier by the day.
From the mountains around Saint Catherine’s Monastery to the villages of Nubia, more and more people are discovering different sides to Egypt, writes Ameera Fouad
Serves: 12-15 Ingredients: 2.5 cups plain flour 1 cup sugar 4 eggs (whole) 1 tbsp baking powder 100 ...
A home hair spa is a reminder that self-care does not have to be complex or time-consuming to be effective. Sometimes, the simplest rituals are the ones that bring the most lasting balance.
President of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Hossam Heiba explains the measures being taken to attract investment, increase exports, and enhance private-sector participation in the economy.
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.
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.
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 AUC New Cairo Campus, Tel 02 2615 2694/012 80009077 Sharjah Art Gallery “Disruption” ...
American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus The Sullivan Lounge Sun 19, 1pm – 2pm: Join a talk by David ...
This information is correct at the time of going to press, it remains wise, however, to check with venues for any short ...
Amir Bashtak Palace (Arab Singing House) Al-Muaaz St, Tel 02 2787 9187 Thurs 16, 6.30pm: The Little Fingers Orchestra ...
The Egyptian football club need only a draw to reach the final of the African Confederation Cup
Ahly of Egypt will face Espérance Sportive de Tunis of Tunisia in a heavyweight Champions League North African ...
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 ...