Newsletter: FutureVerse LEAP’s comeback The fifth edition of the gathering offers a temperature check for the Gulf’s AI ambitions amid fallout from the US-Israel-Iran war. By Samuel Wendel In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech
Xi makes first Egypt visit in decade as Cairo gets caught in US-China AI row China's Huawei last month submitted a bid to build advanced AI data centers and supply more than 2,000 AI chips for Egyptian government systems. Egypt
Analysis How Ethiopia’s new dams test Egypt’s ability to defend its Nile red lines Ethiopia’s water minister has emphasized the country’s plans to move forward with new Blue Nile dam construction, leaving Egypt to contend with the potential fallout. By Eli Siegel-Bernstein
Newsletter: Business & Tech Iran keeps Hormuz reopening on hold Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained low, with only five commodity vessels transiting the waterway on Tuesday, according to data from maritime tracking firm Kpler. By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Oslo Accords a Mixed Memory For Israel On the 20th anniversary of Oslo, there are no celebrations. Palestine
Erdogan Criticizes Opposition Leader For Visits to Iraq, Egypt Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan feverishly criticizes main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu for his travels to Baghdad and Cairo. Egypt
Car Bombs Come to Cairo The car bomb targeting Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Sept. 5 was just one incident in a long chain of bomb threats facing the country. Egypt
Egypt's Journalists Face Violence In Wake of Army Takeover Following the coup that toppled former President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s journalists have faced abuse at the hands of state security. Egypt
Egyptian Government Crackdown Produces More Militants in Sinai Salafists say the military does not seem to be able to distinguish between ordinary citizens and militants. Egypt
Understanding Egyptian Nationalism The newest version of Egyptian nationalism is the strongest challenge to Islamism in recent history. Egypt
Sinai's St. Catherine's Starves, Monastery Shuts Down The government shutdown of St. Catherine's monastery over possible attacks has left the community suffering. Egypt
Egypt Needs Proportional Electoral System Elections based on single-member districts may contribute to sectarianism, corruption and instability in Egypt. Egypt
Egypt's Buffer-Zone Move Shocks Hamas Egypt's decision to establish a buffer zone on the Gaza border has raised Palestinian fears of a possible armed confrontation. Palestine
Egypt’s New Draft Constitution Threatens Islamist Parties Egypt's draft constitution bans religious political parties, a move that has sent many parties scrambling to remove Islamist traces from their platforms. Egypt
Egypt Debates US Strike on Syria Anti-Americanism has clouded perceptions in what is now the post-realist phase of the Egyptian revolution. Egypt
Turkey’s Middle East Policy Lies in Shambles While Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may still have some admirers in the "Arab street," he may be losing the admiration of many of the region’s leaders. Egypt
