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Understanding Saudi Arabia fan culture – ‘Football is emotional fuel’
As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase. You can read the articles in one place here. Ya akhder, Allah ma’ek — Oh Green, Allah is with you Renowned for an abundance of natural oil, Saudi Arabia is a nation that plays a major part in fuelling the global economy.
Understanding Saudi Arabia fan culture - 'Football is emotional fuel'
As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase. You can read the articles in one place here. Ya akhder, Allah ma'ek -- Oh Green, Allah is with you Renowned for an abundance of natural oil, Saudi Arabia is a nation that plays a major part in fuelling the global economy.
I grew up under Mubarak's emergency law. It didn't stop terrorism and Sisi's won't either
Published date: 13 April 2017 09:33 UTC | Last update: 3 years 10 months ago Mubarak's emergency rule failed to protect Egypt from the worst terrorist attack in its history and sparked the 2011 uprising. Sisi should take heed Egyptians like me grew up in the country under Mubarak’s emergency rule, a law put in place in 1981 in the wake of president Anwar Sadat’s assassination – and renewed every three years for the next three decades.
'Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb' Unearths New Revelations of Ancient Egypt
The Documentary The mysteries uncovered in “Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb”[i] made headlines across the world in 2019: the discovery of an untouched 4,400-year-old tomb of a man named Wahtye at the Saqqara necropolis[ii], 19 miles (30 km) from Cairo, containing scores of mummified animals, including a lion cub, and 3,109 unique artifacts. The Egyptian team unearthed the findings over the course of six weeks of intensive excavation.
'Wine and War’ Captures Lebanon's Spirit of Resilience
For most people sitting at home or in a bar in the US or Europe, taking a sip of Syrian, Lebanese, or home-made Iranian wine, the untold stories of how people risk their lives to make these wines would be unimaginable. A look into this reality would certainly give each sip a deeper meaning.
Menna Shahin, Egyptian Social Entrepreneur and Role Model
Since early childhood, 33-year-old Menna had daydreamed about traveling abroad to explore the world and herself. Her rebellious spirt, stemming from living under strict familial and societal rules, blossomed following her first journey to Europe after graduating from Ain Sham University in Cairo in 2009, with a degree in pharmacy.
Houthis Use Potential FSO Safer Disaster as Political Leverage
Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is reflective of the Arab world today, which goes through a vicious cycle of disasters, taking heavy toll on the depoliticized and downtrodden.
Qatar should seize the day and end the Gulf crisis
After nearly three months of the worst diplomatic crisis between Qatar and Saudi-led countries, the first sign of a thaw has appeared on the horizon earlier this month when King Salman of Saudi Arabia ordered the reopening of the kingdom’s border with Qatar to facilitate the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The decision came after the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman received an envoy from Doha, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
How Sisi and the Islamic State both benefit from sectarian violence
In the 18-day uprising in Tahrir square in 2011, I witnessed the peak of unity between Egypt’s Muslims and Coptic Christians. It had been only a few days after the New Year’s Eve suicide bombing of a church in Alexandria had killed at least 23 people leaving midnight mass. But in Tahrir, I saw Copts joining hands to protect dozens of Muslims kneeling in prayer as Mubarak’s security forces and thugs anxiously stood by, ready to attack them.
US aid to Egypt: Wrong but inevitable
For decades, the US has pumped money into Egypt to the detriment of democracy. Trump's administration will be no different. “The human hand that grants wheat knows how to sharpen the weapon,” wrote the Egyptian poet Amal Donqol. His words perfectly express the aid that the US gives to Egypt.
I grew up under Mubarak's emergency law. It didn't stop terrorism and Sisi's won't either.
Mubarak's emergency rule failed to protect Egypt from the worst terrorist attack in its history and sparked the 2011 uprising. Sisi should take heed. Egyptians like me grew up in the country under Mubarak’s emergency rule, a law put in place in 1981 in the wake of Anwar Sadat’s assassination – and renewed every three years for the next three decades. Under this rule, red lines were delineated and no one had the courage to publicly criticise Mubarak or his family.
ANALYSIS: Sisi visits Washington for military aid
Sisi hopes to mend ties with Washington after having strained relationship with Obama Muslim Brotherhood supporters were marching while holding pictures of overthrown President Mohamed Morsi and banners reading “The murderer El-Sisi is in the White House” (MEE/Muhammad Mansour) Egyptian President Abdul Fatah el-Sisi left the White House on Monday after almost two hour-long talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump.
Die in poverty or at sea: The choice facing millions of Egyptians
Amid economic meltdown and repression, dying while trying to cross the Mediterranean is a risk increasingly worth taking for Egyptians “The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune," Alexis de Tocqueville said in his 1840 Democracy in America. Tocqueville's words clearly reflect Egypt’s harsh reality today.
Sisi takes the UN stage while he crushes human rights groups at home
Seizing the assets of leading Egyptian human rights groups sends a hollow message that the president is fully in charge Hours before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left for the UN General Assembly, an Egyptian court ruled that the assets of five prominent human rights activists and three non-governmental organisations would be frozen. The justification for this ruling was that the groups had received foreign funding without state approval.
Sisi, spies and video tape
The Egyptian president fears that the same methods he has been using against dissidents could be used by the US to monitor him “Do you have a mobile with a camera?” one of Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi’s security guards asked the US Secretary of State John Kerry as he attempted to enter a room to meet with the Egyptian president on a visit to New Delhi earlier this month. “Do you have a mobile with a camera,” the security guard repeated. “No” said Kerry, after which the security guard let him through.
Why is Sisi so afraid of Egypt’s police?
Faced with a growing number of scandals, leaks and social media revelations from Egypt’s police ranks, the government of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has brought in a new law to silence and discipline the police. The Egyptian parliament, packed with Sisi supporters, recently passed a controversial law barring police from speaking to the media or disseminating any information related to their work to the public.
Egypt's economic noose tightens around Sisi's neck
Egypt's president has been able to keep supporters happy with his economic policies so far, but time is running out For more than three decades, Egyptian leaders have seen the roots of their downfall in their economic policies. When President Anwar Sadat tried to cut state subsidies for basic goods in 1977, the nationwide protests of the "Bread Intifada" erupted. Four years later, Sadat’s open door economic policy, coupled with his peace deal with Israel, resulted in his assassination.
Allies or enemies? Egypt's confused rhetoric on Israel
On the one hand Sisi fans the flames of grassroots hostility against Israel, but he needs improved relations to boost his international credibility Egypt's intelligence general-turned-president, Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, came to power portraying himself as a “strong statesman” on a mission to save the country from the havoc he said would descend from Muslim Brotherhood rule.
Why Sisi Fears Egypt's Liberals
In recent days, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has seemed less interested in his usual repression of Islamists and more determined to crack down on liberal groups and watchdogs, especially the pro-democracy forces that were involved in the Arab Spring and that continue to challenge him. He has even gone as far as to bar Western journalists from entering Egypt as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Cairo this week.
4 Factors for Parents to Weigh About Overseas Arab Universities
One of the biggest decisions parents will help their children make is choosing a university. For families in the Arab region, this can mean sending a child across the border to another country in the Middle East or North Africa. Parents who have made that choice cite academic options, costs and career opportunities among the reasons they sent their children overseas. Here are four things for families to consider when exploring higher education options in another Arab region country. 1.
Farmer to serve prison time for naming donkey after Sisi
03/31/2014 Omar Abul Maged, a 31-year-old farmer, never imagined he would one day be in prison for naming his donkey after the defense minister. However, the Qena Misdemeanor Court has now sentenced him to a year over charges of “humiliating the military” for naming his donkey “Sisi,” after the recently resigned military chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi who is due to run for presidential elections after overthrowing Egypt's first democratically elected president Morsy on 3 July.
Twelve students in Egypt sentenced to 17 years for causing riots - Egypt Independent
Cairo’s misdemeanor court sentenced on Wednesday twelve pro-Mosry students from Al-Azhar University to 17 years in prison on charges related to off-campus rioting in October on the premises of Al-Azhar Sheikhdom headquarters. Defendants were also ordered to pay a bail of LE64,000 (US$9,300) each. The amount is due for their release until they are retried before the court of appeals. “Two have paid, others could not afford it so they are still in custody,” said Mohsen Bahnasy, a human rights lawyer.
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