Since the spread of turmoil and chaos in the Arab region, Egypt's national security has faced increasingly grave threats from all directions. If at first the most serious emanated primarily from the northeast, the most dangerous now loom from the (...)
I spent my childhood and youth, up to the time I graduated from university, between Rod Al-Farag, where our family home was located, and Shobra, where I went to school.
Both neighbourhoods (though Shobra above all) are foremost among those historic (...)
I spent my childhood and youth, up to the time I graduated from university, between Rod Al-Farag, where our family home was located, and Shobra, where I went to school. Both neighbourhoods (though Shobra above all) are foremost among those historic (...)
Ahly trio Ahmed Fathi, Abdallah El-Said and Ahmed Hegazy have been cleared fit and eligible to play against the Arab Contractors on 19 February, read a statement on the club's official website.
The key Ahly players, who were part of Egypt's national (...)
In addition to the noble grief they felt in the wake of the tragedy of the Egyptian airplane that crashed into the Mediterranean, the Egyptian people are feeling a mixture of anxiety and anger because of the sense that some evil conspiracy is afoot (...)
By pure accident, I came across an episode of “In Egyptian Meantime” on BBC Arabic discussing a new medication produced by an Egyptian pharmaceutical company that can treat hepatitis C more effectively, more quickly and at a lower cost than others. (...)
In a meeting with representatives of diverse segments of society on 20 April, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi addressed various dimensions of the current situation in Egypt. Among his prime concerns were the repercussions of the Egyptian-Saudi (...)
I had intended to write about the many positive results from the visit of the Saudi king. However, the maritime border agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has triggered such controversy as to overshadow everything else.
I recall, as I watched (...)
A wave of explosions rocked Brussels on Tuesday, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring over a hundred others in a suspected terrorist attack at the Zaventum Brussels Airport and the Maelbeek metro station.
Belgium raised its terror alert to (...)
Privatisation in the economy has caused us considerable stress. Now it has reared its head in politics on two recent occasions. Both involved initiatives related to major issues. The first, proposed by Saadeddin Ibrahim, was in regard to a so-called (...)
I could not sleep the night that I wrote this. I was kept awake by the anxiety that my words would not do adequate justice to the gratitude and recognition he merits. Of course, my words are hardly needed for his name to shine internationally, and (...)
In a meeting with a number of editors-in-chief and prominent journalists on 14 February, the prime minister said that a number of important economic decisions will be announced soon because we do not have the luxury to defer them. He added that some (...)
The currently raging Arab conflicts are undergoing developments that are highly significant and merit close attention. At the end of 2015, some analysts held that these conflicts might move toward resolution in 2016. Their contention was not (...)
The “Arab Spring”, as we now have come to know it, has seemingly changed the nature of politics and the balance of power in the Middle East forever.
The West was caught off-guard, and after initially grappling with the new situation is now dealing (...)
An open letter to President Obama, by Ahmed Yousef* from Gaza
The Arab world is experiencing a time of epic transformation. Few believed the streets of Tunis would rebel in their lifetimes, let alone simultaneously with Tripoli, Cairo, Damascus, (...)
Many western observers, politicians and journalists considered the breach of the Rafah crossing a victory for the Hamas movement. Some viewed it as the beginning of the end of the siege imposed on the Palestinian people.
The statement by Luisa (...)
Here in the Gaza Strip, where I live, few dream of peace. For now, most dare only to dream of a lack of war. It is for this reason that the Hamas movement proposes a long-term truce during which the Israeli and Palestinian peoples can try to (...)