Alieddin Hilal's Articles

This year marks the bicentenary of the founding of Egypt’s diplomatic representation abroad, celebrated with the establishment of a new museum in the New Administrative Capital, writes Alieddin Hilal

The Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France on 16 May 1916 is deeply embedded in Arab political consciousness as a symbol of the Western ambitions to fragment the Arab world that are still in force today, and remains one of the defining turning points in the modern history of the Arab world and the Middle East.

The announcement of a new initiative to bolster Egypt’s human development and build national identity is an opportunity for the country’s thinkers to help achieve its aims, writes Alieddin Hilal