Features/Interviews
Naguib el-Rihani’s memoirs
October 29, 2015
Naguib el-Rihani’s memoirs
When Naguib el-Rihani was fired from the Sugar Company, he joined the George Abyad theater group, where he played small…
Brawl between Al-Ahram chief, Saudi ambassador confirmed
October 28, 2015
Brawl between Al-Ahram chief, Saudi ambassador confirmed
An initially-denied sharp exchange between Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Cairo Ahmed Qattan and the board chairman of Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram…
Sulaf Fawakherji depicts Syrian conflict through film
October 28, 2015
Sulaf Fawakherji depicts Syrian conflict through film
Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji said in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm that she did not plan to become a director.…
Q&A: Yasser Borhamy fatwas behind Nour Party failure – former Nour Party candidate
October 25, 2015
Q&A: Yasser Borhamy fatwas behind Nour Party failure – former Nour Party candidate
Mahmoud Maatouq, a Nour Party candidate who failed to garner enough votes in the parliamentary elections in Qena and subsequently…
Sisi is not Nasser: Alain Gresh
October 24, 2015
Sisi is not Nasser: Alain Gresh
Alain Gresh, editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, was born in Cairo in 1948 to a French family, of whom some…
Parliament will not last long: Socialist Popular Alliance Party president
October 22, 2015
Parliament will not last long: Socialist Popular Alliance Party president
Abdel Ghaffar Shokr, president of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and deputy chairman of the National Council for Human Rights,…
Mostakbal Watan emerges from the dark to outstanding election victory
October 21, 2015
Mostakbal Watan emerges from the dark to outstanding election victory
As the leader of a one-year old political party, Mohamed Badran, chairman of Mostakbal Watan (A Nation's Future), is making…
UPDATE: Foreign press defamation of elections a failure – Foreign Affairs Ministry
October 20, 2015
UPDATE: Foreign press defamation of elections a failure – Foreign Affairs Ministry
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has responded strongly to what it considers are attempts by the foreign press to belittle the…
Voters largely absent on day 1 of parliamentary elections
October 19, 2015
Voters largely absent on day 1 of parliamentary elections
Polling stations were largely vacant on the first day of elections for Egypt’s 568-seat House of Representatives, with the High…
Acclaimed novelist Gamal al-Ghitany dies at 70
October 18, 2015
Acclaimed novelist Gamal al-Ghitany dies at 70
Novelist Gamal al-Ghitany, an author of historical and political novels and commentary, died at the age of 70 at the…