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Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi prior to the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2025. Mikhail METZEL / AFP

As Trump visited the Gulf, Egypt was busy meeting with its new friends

These days, Cairo looks more to Beijing and Moscow than to Washington, a policy change with its roots in the toppling of Hosni Mubarak more than a decade ago.

Amr Emam 20, May 2025
Late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrive together at the Arab Summit venue in Rabat on December 23, 1969. AFP

A 50-year-old recording sheds light on Egypt's position toward Israel today

A conversation between a jaded Abdel Nasser and a starry-eyed Gaddafi has gone viral because of its striking relevance to the debates of today. The leaders have changed, but the perspective remains.

Amr Emam 11, May 2025
Masked men from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas SAID KHATIB / AFP

Demands for Hamas to disarm have been rebuffed. What next?

There are competing visions for Gaza, from a 'riviera' without Palestinians to a rebuilt enclave run by Palestinians for Palestinians. Until then, thousands are still being killed.

Amr Emam 25, Apr 2025
Jordan's King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron pose during a trilateral summit to discuss the situation in Gaza, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, April 7, 2025.

Have the Camp David Accords overstayed their welcome?

The 1979 peace between Egypt and Israel served its purpose for almost half a century, but the latter's 17-month-long onslaught on Gaza has thrown it into disarray. What now for the accords?

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly 07, Apr 2025
Israel forcibly evacuates Palestinians from southern Gaza on January 26, 2024. AFP

Israel’s ‘voluntary’ migration policy in Gaza is anything but

Palestinians are beginning to dribble out of the battered enclave as Israel starts implementing its "voluntary migration" plan. Gaza is being ethnically cleansed before our very eyes.

Amr Emam 30, Mar 2025
A factory in Egypt Getty

Egypt’s phosphates: a strategic resource being given a boost

The country has the world's second-largest reserves but is only the eighth-largest producer. It hopes to boost production to meet global demand.

Marcelle Nasr 27, Mar 2025
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (L) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempt to shake hands during a photo opportunity ahead of a meeting in the US State Department Building on February 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Egypt treads fine line as it pushes for alternative Gaza plan

Cairo hopes an upcoming Arab summit can come up with a different proposal to counter Trump's plan to turn Gaza into the 'Riviera of the Middle East', but this push comes with great political risk

Amr Emam 19, Feb 2025
Students on the American University of Beirut campus Shutterstock

Arab students' futures in limbo after USAID funds freeze

The shuttering of aid has caused huge problems for students in Lebanon and Egypt on US scholarships. What does the future hold?

Joudy El-Asmar 17, Feb 2025
Al Majalla

Saudi market whets the appetite of Egyptian developers

Mounting challenges in Egypt contrast sharply with the stability of Saudi Arabia, where the real estate sector will soon be among the world's biggest. No wonder Egyptian developers are looking east

Sharif Mohammad 07, Feb 2025
Lina Jaradat

Six Umm Kulthum films that shaped the voice of Egyptian art

From 1936-47, the legendary singer acted in half a dozen Egyptian movies, which were big box-office successes, but retired just as the film industry was at its peak

Areej Jamal 02, Feb 2025
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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
Opinion

The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha
Culture & Social Affairs

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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