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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

The time Abdel Nasser tried his hand at peace with Israel

Peace with Israel had crossed the Egyptian president's mind as early as 1952, when he engaged in secret negotiations with Israel, which ultimately failed

Sami Moubayed 25 June 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
Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli and his Egyptian counterpart Gamal Abdel Nasser sign the union agreement between their countries in Damascus on 22 February 1958. The union lasted until 1961. AFP

The United Arab Republic: A look at Egypt and Syria's shortlived union

On this day, 66 years ago, Egypt and Syria united to form the UAR under Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership. Three years later, the union dissolved.

Sami Moubayed 22 February 2024
Vice President Marshal Abdel-Hakim Amer (2nd from left) salutes while receiving the cheers of crowds while touring Syria's borders with Israel in 1959. AFP

Did Abdel Nasser's right-hand man commit suicide, or was he killed?

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.

Sami Moubayed 24 September 2023
First President of Egyptian Republic General Mohamed Naguib (C) salutes the cheering crowd, 21 June 1953 in Cairo, along with vice president of Council Gamal Abdel Nasser. AFP

This day in history: The birth of the Egyptian Republic

Battle-bred and furious with their defeat in the Palestine War of 1948, the Free Officers blamed King Farouk for their ills and came to power, on this day 70 years ago, with vengeance in their eyes

Sami Moubayed 18 June 2023
Artist George El Bahgory talking during his interview with Al-Majalla in his gallery. By: Salma Adham

George El Bahgory: One of the Most Prominent Egyptian Caricaturists

The fine artist, George El Bahgory, said that he enjoyed the freedom and practiced it during the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser and he considers President Sisi to be an extension of Nasser. By contrast,…

Salma Adham 24 December 2021
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Trump's visit tests 'special' US-UK relationship

16 September 2025

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

Christopher Phillips
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'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Armed men from the MSA, an armed political movement in Mali's Azawad region, gather in the desert outside Menaka on March 14, 2020. AFP
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The Sahel's paramilitary problem

09 September 2025

Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.

Sergey Eledinov
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein
Lina Jaradat
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Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

14 September 2025

For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.

Bryn Haworth

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