Gamal Abdel Nasser

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

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.

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.

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.

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