If Egypt had erected a big wall to keep out those fleeing King Herod’s megalomania, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus might have died ...

This potential migration poses a major challenge for Hamas, which may struggle to prevent young people from leaving.

In the 1840s, Egyptian forces occupied the region ... raising questions about the roots of nationalism and territorial claims in the region. The political dimension: A manufactured crisis? Given the ...

Egypt is spearheading a diplomatic drive to convene an Islamic summit to broaden opposition to US President Donald Trump's ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the ...

As the First World War ended and Germany had been defeated, paramilitary groups emerged. The Friekorps formed from German ...

The rejection of Trump's trial balloon is telling. In May 2024, Cairo joined South Africa in its spurious legal case at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of war crimes—without any ...

Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago. King Thutmose ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, and on Tuesday he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, according to ...

The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up.

Across the Arab world, Islamists are often more devout capitalists than their nationalist rivals. When the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt it wooed private capital for everything from energy ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman. "As long as ...