Qu'est-ce que la République Arabe Unie ?

Aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles, la vie des marins et des boucaniers est tout sauf romantique. Violence, maladies, tempêtes, batailles navales : l’espérance de vie est courte et l’avenir, profondément incertain. C’est dans ce monde brutal qu’apparaît une pratique aujourd’hui méconnue ...  Show more

Les « tombes de nez » au Japon désignent des monuments funéraires aussi réels que dérangeants. En japonais, on parle de hanazuka (« tertres de nez ») ou plus souvent de Mimizuka (« tertre d’oreilles »). Le plus célèbre se trouve à Kyoto, et son histoire remonte à la fin du XVIᵉ s ...  Show more

Anwar El-Sadat was an Egyptian president who is credited with bringing peace between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s. But, as a young soldier, he formed a group called The Free Officers, a revolutionary movement that would eventually overthrow King Farouk and liberate the Egyp ...  Show more

In June of 1967 Israel launched an attack against its immediate neighbours, the combined Arab armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In a flash it managed to dismantle Egypt's entire air force, and defeated the Arab forces in just six days. This led to the occupation of Egypt's Sinai ...  Show more

Why aren't we seeing massive pro-Palest!ne demonstrations in Egypt, when we know an overwhelming majority of its people support the liberation of Palest!ne? Dr. Aida Seif El-Dawla, a retired psychiatrist and human rights defender conveys the sense of defeat and tragedy many progr ...  Show more

The first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state was Egypt. Following the Yom Kippur War of 1973, came the Camp David Accords of 1978 which provided both countries with tangible benefits. While the peace has never been warm, it has held. But since October 7, ...