Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/3/2024 10:02:55 PM
The newly appointed heads of Egypt’s media institutions vow to upgrade performance and boost press freedoms
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
12/1/2024 3:00:00 PM
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Opinion
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11/2/2024 2:58:35 PM
As the US presidential election approaches, Americans are weighing crucial questions about the economy, reproductive freedom, climate change, and their country’s role in an increasingly volatile world. Yet beneath these policy debates lies an even more fundamental decision: Whether to elect a leader who will invite greater stability or more chaos.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
11/2/2024 2:34:10 PM
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) affirmed its commitment to international agreements guaranteeing freedom of maritime navigation for all ships – whether commercial or military — transiting the canal, regardless of nationality.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/1/2024 5:38:56 PM
Israeli ministries and government bodies sanctioned Israeli newspaper Haaretz after its publisher, Amos Schocken, said Israel’s occupation in the West Bank and Gaza is a “cruel apartheid regime" and described Palestinians resisting the occupation as “freedom fighters.”
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/19/2024 1:32:30 PM
Freedom of expression has been threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, with journalists targeted in the war-torn territory and Palestinian supporters targeted in many countries, a United Nations expert said Friday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
10/15/2024 6:45:45 PM
Participants in discussions concerning the media during the meeting with the prime minister last week agreed that insufficient freedom of access to information has driven people away from the official media and towards alternative media sources, especially social media, which are filled with all sorts of misinformation and baseless rumours.
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Egypt
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Society
10/9/2024 2:33:22 PM
The Autumn Flower edition of the International Flower Expo 2024 will kick off on Thursday at the El-Horreya Garden (or Freedom Garden) in Zamalek, promising an exceptional experience for flower and plant lovers and agricultural enthusiasts across Egypt.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Limelight
9/24/2024 9:24:44 PM
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Business
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Tech
8/26/2024 8:15:31 PM
By arresting Russia-born billionaire tech founder Pavel Durov, French police have dived headlong into a fractious debate on free speech online that could have global ramifications.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/14/2024 9:10:00 AM
Ongoing preparations for the sixth conference of Egyptian journalists.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/31/2024 10:50:07 PM
The Journalists' Syndicate condemned the Israeli assassination of Palestinian leader Ismail Haniyeh, Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, at dawn Wednesday in Tehran, saying: "It won’t deter the Palestinian people from defending their rights and their pursuit of freedom and independence."
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World
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International
7/24/2024 9:51:44 AM
A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November's election will be "a choice between freedom and chaos.”
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/20/2024 6:36:18 PM
The Revolution’s Promise, a theatre play, by Palestine's The Freedom Theatre is among the highlights of the Falasteen Arts Festival held in Houston on 20-21 July.
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Egypt
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Society
7/10/2024 12:29:23 PM
Veteran Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, whose family was tragically targeted in Gaza as a result of his reporting on the current Israeli war, has received the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists’ Freedom of Press Award.
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World
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International
7/9/2024 11:24:10 AM
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday. Edicts and some of the methods used to enforce them violated human rights and fundamental freedoms, the report said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
7/2/2024 6:34:36 PM
The story of Julian Assange is one of compelling tenacity that is well worth retelling, writes Azza Radwan Sedky
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World
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International
6/29/2024 11:43:08 AM
The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea on Saturday, a step forward in Washington's efforts to strengthen and lock in its security partnerships with key Asian allies in the face of growing threats from North Korea and China.
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World
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International
6/23/2024 11:15:46 AM
Former US president Donald Trump urged evangelical Christians Saturday to vote en masse for him in November, vowing to "aggressively" protect their religious freedom if he is elected.
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World
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Africa
6/12/2024 9:57:40 PM
The leader of South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party said Wednesday it will join a proposed government of national unity, a step toward ending the country's political deadlock after the long-ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in last month's election.
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