On the evening of 3 July 2013, millions of Egyptians celebrated the end of Muslim Brotherhood rule. Much of the Western media was stunned by the events that culminated in the dismissal of former president Mohamed Morsi after a year in power. (...)
The decade that is coming to an end opened in Egypt with a terrible explosion at the Church of the Saints in Alexandria. The bombing might as well have been planned as a harbinger of the profound disruptions to come. By 25 January 2011 people had (...)
I was the Al-Ahram correspondent in Washington when the 25 January Revolution broke out in Egypt in 2011, and a few months later the administration of former US president Barack Obama began determining its next moves regarding dealing with both the (...)
After the run-off of the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections last week, almost half of the seats in the new parliament were decided. The elections finished with many positive phenomena and the sweeping victory of the list led by the (...)
In an article last week, I dealt with the need for the new Democratic Party administration in Washington to undertake a serious review of US policy towards Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood, on the one hand, and to formulate a vision with (...)
It is difficult to determine the course of US President-elect Joe Biden's policy towards the Middle East after inauguration day on 20 January, but before discussing the policy of the new president and his prospective team, reference should be made (...)
With all the confusion in its domestic politics, the great divisions in its society, the Covid-19 disaster and the deteriorating domestic economic situation, the urgent question for the rest of the world is whether the United States, in a second (...)
Every time Egyptian parliamentary elections are held, we hear loud noises from some political and research circles abroad. The foreign media and research hype around the Egyptian elections is usually characterised by generalised criticism and by the (...)
American voters have been lining up to vote early in long queues in most states, and the spotlight is now on the swing states that will have a decisive role to play in deciding whether it will be Joe Biden or Donald Trump who will be US president (...)
The course of the US presidential elections, which will be held on 3 November, have changed unexpectedly in recent months, as the Covid-19 pandemic has strongly disrupted the campaign of current US President Donald Trump.
His campaign team was (...)
After futile rounds and more time lost, Egypt has thrown up its hands in despair at the lack of progress made in recent meetings between the water resources and irrigation ministers from Sudan and Ethiopia. In its official statements, Cairo has (...)
The term “populism” became associated with influential politicians on the international scene, such as: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, Bernie Sanders, Narendra Moody and Viktor Urban for years.
Last year was best described as “the era (...)
Challenges facing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) extend beyond pressures against its budget.
Russia's military expansion outside its borders and into regions such as Crimea, Ukraine and Syria is causing the ire of NATO member (...)
Challenges facing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) extend beyond pressures against its budget. Russia's military expansion outside its borders and into regions such as Crimea, Ukraine and Syria is causing the ire of NATO member states. (...)
The first ever summit between the Arab League and the European Union (EU) can be hailed as a success for allowing an interactive dialogue between Arab and European heads of states and governments to take place behind closed doors, away from the TV (...)
The great challenge now facing the world is to maintain the values of the open society while simultaneously fighting the forces of extremism, be they political, religious or ethnic.
2018 marked the centenary of the end of the Great War, an (...)
The high-level meetings at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York will see the wide participation of the Arab countries and will be presided over by Ecuador's permanent representative to the UN, who is known for her refusal to (...)
The high-level meetings at the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York will see the wide participation of the Arab countries and will be presided over by Ecuador's permanent representative to the UN, who is known for her refusal to (...)
The 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly began on Tuesday this week, next Tuesday seeing the beginning of the high-level general debate when heads of country delegations deliver their statements in front of the General Assembly.
This year's (...)
The 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly began on Tuesday this week, next Tuesday seeing the beginning of the high-level general debate when heads of country delegations deliver their statements in front of the General Assembly.
This year's (...)
Egyptian-US relations have been in the spotlight over the past few days with the visit of a high-level Egyptian security and military delegation to Washington DC.
Shortly before the delegation's meetings with senior US military, political and (...)
Shortly before the delegation's meetings with senior US military, political and economic figures, the US House of Representatives National Security Subcommittee held a hearing on the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood. When the Egyptian delegation (...)
Five years after the millions-strong grassroots uprising that ousted the Muslim Brotherhood from ruling Egypt along with its president Mohamed Morsi, the country continues to suffer from the strains precipitated by a rebellion against an Islamist (...)
Five years after the millions-strong grassroots uprising that ousted the Muslim Brotherhood from ruling Egypt along with its president Mohamed Morsi, the country continues to suffer from the strains precipitated by a rebellion against an Islamist (...)
Following a week of intensive deliberations behind closed doors in the UN Security Council, The Arab Group in the United Nations walked out of meetings in belief that it is important to widen their efforts beyond traditional tools within the (...)