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'The Stories': tumultuous history set to the sound of piano

Egypt's entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards turns decades of Egyptian history into an intimate family chronicle

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 01 October 2026
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat addresses the Israeli Knesset (parliament) during his historic visit to Israel as Israeli Premier Menahem Begin (c) listens to him. AFP

This day in history: Sadat makes infamous visit to Israel

Forty-seven years ago, Sadat prayed at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and addressed the Knesset. His visit to Israel rendered him an outcast in the Arab world until he was assassinated on 6 October 1981.

Sami Moubayed 19 November 2024
Sadat is admired by many in Egypt for sparing the country from future wars with Israel but his miscalculation in empowering Islamists led to his own assassination. Al Majalla explains. Barry Falls

Anwar Sadat: The Egyptian president who made peace with Israel and paid with his life

Sadat is admired by many in Egypt for sparing the country from future wars with Israel but his miscalculation in empowering Islamists led to his own assassination. Al Majalla explains.

Amr Emam 05 October 2023
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Jehan Sadat: Former Egyptian First Lady Lauded Amid Prayers for Her Recovery

“Get well soon, Mother of Champions” said a statement by Mohamed Anwer Essmat Sadat, the nephew of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, announcing that the health of the former Egyptian first…

Majalla 25 June 2021
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Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

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Have Ethiopia's neighbours formed an alliance against it?

06, Oct 2026

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

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G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

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A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

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