The Central Bank of Egypt has opted to keep interest rates unchanged to give the market a chance to digest the effects of the hikes it introduced last year, writes Doaa Abdel-Moneim
Based on the findings of a UK study, a Palestinian legal rights centre has addressed the Israeli authorities to demarcate mass graves of Palestinians killed in the Tantura village by Zionist militias in 1948, Amira Howeidy reports
One question that always nagged at me over nearly half a century in the course of my career was whether the international ...
But this is unlikely to put a stop to the suffering of the Sudanese people in the capital Khartoum, as well as in Darfur ...
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has confirmed what political experts and observers have been saying for a while, which ...
After returning from a foreign tour with his wife that took Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis to Japan, South Korea, Israel, ...
Power is compelling. For decades, the states of the Arabian Peninsula have exercised a decisive sway over international ...
Don’t think that the conflicts we read about in the news are the only wars going on around us or that the warring ...
Sources in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi emphasised the good relations between the two neighbouring Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia ...
Seldom has the world seen four more important summit meetings than those that took place in the span of three days from ...
One thing that taxpayers and politicians agree on practically everywhere is that more money should be spent on children’s ...
Egypt’s National Dialogue commenced its proceedings last week by discussing some of the issues to be dealt with ...
It has been a long time since I wrote about Egypt for the readers of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, which tended to be in ...
It fills the air with visions of paradise, of roses and hyacinth, of jasmine and orange blossoms, of sunny Mediterranean ...
Ten years after Egyptians took to the streets on 30 June 2013 to demand an end to the failing rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, ...
On 8 May, a press release signed by eight NGOs criticised Egypt for adding individuals they considered to be “human ...
الشيء الوحيد الذي يتفق عليه دافعو الضرائب والسياسيون عمليًا في كل مكان هو أنه ينبغي إنفاق المزيد من الأموال على تعليم ...
A summing up of the Arab contribution to the Cannes Film Festival this year.
The publication of an Arabic translation of the memoirs of British forensic scientist Sir Sydney Smith earlier this year ...
It is a given that all politicians across the globe and throughout history lie. Why? Because they are human. All humans ...
Opening earlier this year for a short run at the Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MUCEM) ...
Justice is a complex topic that has been debated for centuries — to no avail. Throughout history, most people ...
The future is here and it is shocking us to the bone. It is called AI. It touches every aspect of our lives and far ...
Functioning as both prequel and sequel to her other novels, Reem Bassiouney’s latest book – set in the years ...
Now that we are done with fasting and feasting as well as eggs-travaganza, our thoughts invariably turn to fashion. The ...
Mayday has long been celebrated as the real beginning of spring. Hope is rekindled by nature’s rebirth, kicking ...
There it stands throughout the world, a visible landmark of any Islamic city. Tall, stately, beautiful, it looks ...
There is hardly a human on this planet who has not been impacted, in one way or another by the genius of Walt Disney. He ...
Now that the Hollywood award season is over and the gold has been handed to the victors, has the feasting dust settled ...
Whether you spell it with a K or a C, history is replete with many Kates, both in real queens to Hollywood royalty. The ...
The world is dressed up in rosy red and pretty pink, awaiting the arrival of Valentine’s Day. We all know the story ...
Here comes the jailer once again and the whole world took notice. Son of Rabbi Benzion Mileikowsky of Warsaw, Poland, ...
At such a crisis as this in our lives, we demand a firm ground to stand on, but we demand from whom? Do we govern the ...
There is a hurry and a flurry — a hustle and a bustle — a mysterious force driving people around the world to ...
For the past few decades it was the talk of the town — the principal talk of every town around the globe. Now ...
Zahi Hawass describes work underway to excavate the tomb of King Ramses II in the Valley of the Kings and elucidate its pictorial programme
Against the backdrop of the cultural price that Cairo is paying to build new highways, the question of the balance between conservation and modernisation is again being raised.
The earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this year drew renewed attention to the dangers they pose as well as whether they can be the result of human activities.
In a plan to start her own professional career and give a hand to her family financing her college study, one young woman has started selling desserts by bicycle.
Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 kg zucchini (peeled, sliced into wheels) 2 cups broccoli florets (trimmed, stems ...
Weight loss can be challenging as you get older, yet by adopting a balanced diet and making positive lifestyle changes, you can improve your health and lose weight as the years go by.
Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Chileshe Kapwepwe talks about the organisation’s efforts to deepen African economic integration to Mona Sewilam
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.
Professor of international relations at SOAS in London Gilbert Achcar explains in an interview that it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war.
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, ...
Arcade 25 Orabi St, off Port Said, Maadi, Tel 010 19222220 “Somewhere in Time, We Moved On”, group ...
American University in Cairo AUC New Cairo Sat 3-Mon 5, 9am-9pm: “Tomorrow’s Leaders (TL) Annual Symposium ...
The Cairo Puppet Theatre Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Tel 02 2591 0954 Arousty (my doll), a children play written ...
Beit Al-Seheimi Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Tel 02 2787 8865 Every Sunday, 8pm: The Nile ...
Egypt has set up the first sports investment company for the Paralympic movement, reports Abeer Anwar
The two sides also faced off at the same stage last season with the Egyptians winning 3-2 on aggregate after a 2-1 victory ...
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 ...