Egypt's Sisi hosts Greece, Cyprus leaders for energy talks: What to know The three-way summit in Cairo follows electricity and gas deals between the three countries as Egypt addresses its gas production struggles. Egypt
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 By Jack Dutton In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech
Hezbollah Probes Detente With Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Hezbollah leaders look to improve relations Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, or at least refrain from criticism, while emphasizing their shared interests, writes Nasser Chararah. Egypt
The Military Cannot Save Egypt Nervana Mahmoud weighs speculation about a military intervention in Egyptian politics. Egypt
Egypt's 'Spoilers' Threaten Democracy Omar Ashour writes on the necessity to contain "spoilers" — the disaffected political forces that are threatening Egypt’s democratization. Palestine
Egypt’s Culture of Violence Violence has quickly become the norm at protests in Egypt, and is being deployed by both the Islamist government and opposition, Sarah el-Sirgany reports. Egypt
Can The Political Crisis In Egypt Actually Be Resolved? Bassem Sabry outlines the program for a political dialogue in Egypt, but the steps required would involve compromises by both President Mohammed Morsi and the opposition. Egypt
The Salafi-Brotherhood Feud in Egypt Khalil al-Anani writes about the tensions between the Salafi Nour Party and the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt
Egypt Floods Gaza's Smuggling Tunnels Egypt's decision to flood some of Gaza's tunnels last week caught local Palestinians by surprise, Abeer Ayyoub reports. Palestine
Israelis Begin to See Continuity In Mubarak, Morsi Policies The Israelis seem to miss deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose concept of peace was not much different from that of his successor, Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi, writes Jacky Hugi. Egypt
Remembering Galal Amer: A Selection of Quotations Bassem Sabry offers a tribute on the first anniversary of the death of Galal Amer, one of Egypt and the Arab world's greatest and most poignant satirical writers, citing some of this best quotes. Egypt
Former Aman Chief Offers Realism on Threats to Israel Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin has discounted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scare tactics and argues that in terms of conventional threats, Israel’s situation has never been better, reports Ben Caspit. Egypt
US Misses the Point on Egypt, Morsi The government of President Mohammed Morsi continues to violate the rule of law and thereby is contributing to a cycle of violence, writes Sara Khorshid from Cairo. Egypt
The Return of the Jordan Option for Palestine? Adnan Abu Amer surveys some of the latest "outside the box" thinking on a territorial solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestine