interview

4 hours with the president

This article was published on al-Bawaba News site on Sunday, August 10, 2014. On my way to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at Ittihadiya Palace, I used to say to myself that there is a lot that needs to be said. However, I was reluctant to reveal this much, because I did not want to seem objectionable

Thursday 08-09-2022 05:40 PM

Why Sinai and why now?

When I had the honor of meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to conduct an interview with him for Al-Bawaba newspaper, he spoke to me for the first time about the project of Giora Eiland that Israel intends to implement in agreement with Hamas. It was prepared by the Israeli National Security

Thursday 08-09-2022 02:48 AM

Ali to Al-Ahram: Al-Qaeda's threats not to deter me from uncovering its scandals

Published on March 11, 2007 Threats by al-Qaeda are enough to make anybody die in fear. The threats were so direct and explicit that they could make anybody's blood boil. However, journalist and renowned writer Abdel Rahim Ali, an expert in the affairs of Islamist movements, did not stop in the face

Monday 22-08-2022 04:42 PM

Ali dwells on coronavirus, oil prices in interview with Atlantico news site

Alexander del Val interviews Abdel Rahim Ali, an Islamism expert who follows developments in the Middle East very closely in his capacity as the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris. Ali tirelessly backs an open-minded and modern secularism in Arab countries in the face of the Islamist

Thursday 30-06-2022 05:57 PM

Ali lays bare facts about Brotherhood, Erdogan, and Islamist separatism in France

Charles de Gaulle said one should, and I quote, “go to the complex Orient with simple ideas”… but the eastern advocates of political Islam say, “go to the simple West with complex ideas of Islamization”. After a series of deadly attacks by jihadists in France, and the desire of some Muslim citizens