Fifteen years ago, Egyptians from all walks of life took to the street to demand “bread, freedom, social justice.” They were protesting the oppressive 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Egypt had been ...

Perched on a hill overlooking Carthage, Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said now faces the threat of ...

Khoroog Amen (Safe Exit), the new feature by Egyptian director Mohamed Hammad, will premiere on 12 February 2026 in the ...

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Egypt’s mediaeval Fatimid rulers are the subject of a new book providing a comprehensive portrait of the dynasty, writes ...

This year is gearing up to be a big travel year for many people, and EasyJet has put together the most popular travel trends ...

Severe flooding has intensified across northern and southern Africa since last October. Extreme rainfall has affected many regions, intensifying sharply in January and leading to widespread ...

New demographic data highlights just how concentrated religious identity is in some parts of the world. According to figures compiled by World Population Review and the Pew Research Centre, a small ...

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week 4-10 February in Cairo, Alexandria, and Aswan ...

Everyone in the French far right who wants to get close to Donald Trump knows that Jacob Helberg is the man to speak to. The French-American, a young under secretary of state for economic affairs, ...

Canadian thinker Jordan Peterson has argued that much of the Muslim-majority world remains trapped in what he bluntly describes as “authoritarian hellholes,” estimating that around 40 of roughly 50 ...

In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Shafiqur Rahman, the amir of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh, offered a performance ...