Egypt

Through Nakba, exile and genocide, my aunt Fatima never lost faith

My aunt endured every chapter of Palestinian dispossession, including exile, demolition, prison, separation and the grief of outliving her children - yet never surrendered to despair

Saudi Arabia and its allies must curb the growing Israeli-Emirati axis

David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Exclusive: US and Israel reject joint Palestinian proposal for Gaza after meetings

UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts

Mohamad Elmasry

Counterrevolution in Egypt: How Sisi broke the dream of a new republic

War on Iran: Why Egypt cannot afford to take sides

Saif Alislam Eid

Ramadan TV: Six things we learned from the 2026 season

Inside the Sudanese army coalition split over Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood

How US-Israeli war gave Iran all the cards in the Middle East

David Hearst

The curse of Rabaa

David Hearst

Rabaa massacre: HRW calls for prosecuting suspects using universal jurisdiction

Rabaa massacre: A decade on, Egypt remains clouded by denial

Khalil al-Anani

Ten years after the Rabaa massacre, families still in the dark over fate of missing children

US 'failing to challenge Egypt rights abuses' 10 years since Rabaa massacre

Rabaa massacre: The founding social contract of Sisi's new republic

Hossam el-Hamalawy

Women of Rabaa: Muslim activists sidelined in Egypt since the massacre, says Heba Zakaria

Women of Rabaa: Hafsa Ali saw the massacre unfold in real time

Egypt rebuffs US requests to arm Ukraine: Report

Women of Rabaa: Shorouq Amjad on Tamarod, Morsi's ouster and the massacre

Art and photography

Picasso and the Middle East: How Arab art embraced Cubism

Democrats in Congress urge US to withhold military aid to Egypt