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Egypt

Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian Muslim political analyst and author, speaks on March 24 in San Francisco about her hope for Israel-Arab relations after  the current war with Iran. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Muslim Arab Zionist who fled Egypt still sees hope for Mideast coexistence

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 26, 2026March 27, 2026

When she was 18, Dalia Ziada says, she was like any other college student in her home country of Egypt. When the Second Intifada erupted in 2000, she joined anti-Israel […]

Three men shake hands
Posted inNews

Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, dies at 100

by Sarah Wildman December 29, 2024December 30, 2024
Interior of synagogue
Posted inWorld

Historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s few last Jews and the government

by David I. Klein December 29, 2023December 29, 2023
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

If your emotional home is in a bad place, move it

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
J. culture editor Andrew Esensten with his mother, Prof. Sandra Haynes-Esensten, at the Great Pyramid of Giza earlier this month. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inLocal Voice

On vacation in Egypt, I found hope for peace in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
Six men, some in suits and some in Arab dress, sit at a round table
Posted inNews

‘Negev Summit’ to become regular event for Israeli and Arab parties to the Abraham Accords

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 28, 2022
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

The Torah has a lot to say about privilege

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 21, 2021May 20, 2021
A choir in a synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1960s. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inWorld

Egypt introduces Judaism into its school curriculum

David Ian Klein by David Ian Klein and Forward March 11, 2021
Ashraf Marwan (played by Marwan Kenzari) supplied the Mossad with valuable information in the 70s. (Photo/Netflix-Nick Briggs)
Posted inCulture

‘The Angel’ spotlights Egyptian spy who helped Israel

by Naomi Pfefferman September 12, 2018September 12, 2018
Nachliel Selavan giving a tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Photo/JTA-Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inHistory

Tour guide uncovers Passover secrets in Met’s Egyptian wing

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen March 29, 2018April 2, 2018

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