Egypt, the world's second-largest IMF borrower, has managed to reach several agreements, yet failed to achieve reform goals in the process. Now, Egyptians are bearing the brunt.
A military win for the Arab world changed the power dynamics in the region and opened the way for moves to a meaningful peace. But with progress uneven and slow, more is needed.
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.
Egypt-Iran reconciliation efforts are inching forward, but Cairo is being careful about it and trying not to upset Washington and Tel Aviv in the process.
In 1961, a coup in Syria effectively ended the UAR; in 1970, Abdel Nasser died, and in 2000, Ariel Sharon entered the Al Aqsa mosque, compound sparking the second intifada.
Decades after his death, contradicting testimonies over events that transpired when Abdel Hakim Amer supposedly took his own life have surfaced. Al Majalla explores these different accounts.
In 'Tales of a Cinematographer: The Strange and the Hidden of Filmmaking,' Shimi takes us behind the scenes of his storied career, mixing personal anecdotes with a rich national history.
There are promising signs of a national readiness to embrace the technological revolution sweeping the world, but will Egyptian youth be able to find jobs in the field? Al Majalla explains.
The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances
Those who are able to bury their dead are among the lucky. For others, not knowing the fate of their missing loved ones or receiving mutilated corpses impossible to identify adds insult to injury.