All posts tagged "anwar sadat"

Egypt is the country of a thousand authors, but few are remembered across generations as the luminaries...

Ten million Egyptians work abroad – half of that number work in the Gulf, bringing their home...

The October War, known in Israel as the Yom Kippur War, is remembered today as the final...

A decade into Egypt’s Industrial Revolution, in 1962, President Gamal Abdel Nasser gave a speech to celebrate...

The king – or queen in this case – is dead, long live the king; a seemingly...

Few movies have gripped the Egyptian consciousness like Al-Karnak (1975) had done upon its release. Based on...

Fifty-five years ago today, Egypt’s popular Sawt Al-Arab (Voice of Arabs) radio station announced the country’s defeat...

Diplomacy has existed for millennia, a political tool of peace that ensured earlier civilizations maintained peaceful relationships...

Propaganda posters were once one of the primary modes of information dissemination during the twentieth century. Looking...

Donning his signature velvet black suit, a dazzling smile from cheek to cheek, and slicked-back hair that...

Sleek hair. A cropped, clean background. Carefully and strategically themed pose. Visually symbolic colors. For just a...

The role of the first lady has been continuously evolving, yet it remains to be a role...

Former Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat, wife of former president Anwar Sadat, has died aged 88, according...

What if all the writings on the walls of the temples, tombs and papyrus were just one...