by Huda Al Husseini | Mar 24, 2014 | Opinion
Water wars, many warn, could be around the corner. After the removal of former President Mohamed Mursi, Egypt has inherited a huge problem: Addis Ababa decided to divert the course of the Blue Nile late May, as part of its project to generate electricity through the...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Oct 31, 2013 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood-backed president Mohamed Mursi, Egypt’s new government has struggled to assert its legitimacy in international forums outside of the Arab world. In particular, the African Union (AU), once dismissed as a...
by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 3, 2013 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Career diplomat and politician Nabil Fahmy finds himself at the helm of Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a very difficult time in the country’s history. With the eyes of the international community firmly on post-Mursi Egypt, it is Fahmy’s...