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.

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.

A distorted balance between risk and reward inhibits the Arab world's economic and social development, says Tarek Osman.

Arab Christians for centuries played a pivotal role at the heart of Arab societies. The last generation has seen the beginning of a great retreat. Tarek Osman maps the forces that have shaped an epic story.