25 January

Today marks 59 years since the July Revolution, an event that has defined the last half century of Egyptian history.…

Last month, two major bookstores shut down in Oman, and a few months earlier two Dubai bookshops closed their doors…

The annual AUC Press Book, Art, and Music Festival held Wednesday at the Cairo Opera House celebrated the 25 January…

When the late Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-77) first sang his patriotic songs in the 1950s and 1960s, he didn’t imagine…

Last week, the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement launched the Muslim Philanthropy Digital Library in Cairo,…

One might feel uneasy after reading Egypt and Egyptians in the Mubarak Era, the newly published book by prominent Egyptian…

The 54th Venice Biennale – the oldest in the world – opened on 4 July with the title "ILLUMInations". Whereas…

Former President Hosni Mubarak was sent the same message in a variety of different ways: high quality posters, ragged cardboard,…

In 2005, a reporter from Al-Wafd newspaper asked me what I thought about the future of the Muslim Brotherhood. As…

Despite its being a relatively recent chapter in modern Egyptian history, the 25 January revolution has been given its own…