The composition of a new civilian-military presidential council chaired by Abdel-Fattah Burhan has yet to be agreed in Khartoum. Haitham Nouri Sudan’s transitional military council (TMC) has announced that its head, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, will chair a presidential council that will include representatives of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, a …
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History is defined as the study of the past, but what will be its future? Khaled Azab* The study of history is the outcome of the uncountable questions raised by the past, making the many aspects of learning history itself questionable. Until today, historians rely on books, scientific or cultural …
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Slogans about democracy are not enough in themselves. What Arab republics need are courageous modernisers, able to lead the people towards good governance. Hussein Haridy It has been customary and fashionable in the West to speak about the “Arab Spring” in describing popular uprisings that erupted eight years ago in …
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A restored statue of the Pharaoh Ramses II has been re-erected where it belongs in front of the first pylon of the Temple of Luxor Zahi Hawass Luxor has witnessed the announcement of many great discoveries recently, as well as of the restoration of great monuments that will be …
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Today is the 37th anniversary of the liberation of Sinai from Israeli occupation, with much having been done since to develop the Peninsula Samir Sobhi In Sinai, one of the holiest places in Egypt, a war is now being waged on two main fronts: to combat terrorism and to …
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Participants at last week’s AtomExpo 2019 Forum in the Russian city of Sochi agreed on the need to continue building nuclear power plants and develop nuclear energy. Amina Khairy* Between high hopes for an age when clean, convenient, carbon-free energy is available from nuclear energy and high fears that …
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The Institut du monde arabe has set up a satellite branch in the northern French town of Tourcoing David Tresilian With the world’s capital cities now almost overflowing with encyclopaedia, thematic, and generic museums, more and more attention is being paid to museums in the provinces, sometimes in areas traditionally …
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Egypt is forging ahead in order to regain its historical regional role in Africa. *Azza Sedky In his recent whirlwind tour of West Africa where he travelled to Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, interspersed with a visit to the US, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi found time to visit the Gamal …
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While the departure of lifetime presidents in Algeria and Sudan may bring uncertainty to these countries, the geopolitical costs to the Arab world will be less unclear *Hussein Haridy The Arab world is again in the midst of major upheavals that none can say with certainty will lead to a …
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The new capital promises a novel form of social mobility Samir Sobhi Ancient Egyptian workers used to utter a shout when carrying building materials and ascending scaffolding from one floor to the next in major construction projects. Today, their modern descendants do something similar as they build the country’s New …
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