Tarek Osman is a writer and a merchant banker

Recent articles

Egypt today is scarred by inequality and corruption, degraded by poverty and exclusion, divided by cultural conflict, ruled by unaccountable power, and challenged by the anger and alienation of its young. Tarek Osman seeks a pattern amid the flux and a path that could lead through it.

(This article was first published on 14 May 2008)

The rise of a great civilisation from poverty and humiliation has complex echoes at the heart of the Arab world, says Tarek Osman.

A great filmmaker of Alexandria and Egypt portrayed his country with a singular, passionate vision that remained constant in face of criticism and adulation alike. Tarek Osman pays tribute to Youssef Chahine

The national team's victory in the African championship is significant for far more than football, says Tarek Osman.

Gamal Abdel Nasser, an Egyptian and Arab hero in the middle years of the 20th century, was born on 15 January 1918. Tarek Osman examines a protean figure who resists the easy interpretation of celebrants and enemies alike.