Africa

Are Iran and Egypt on a path to entente?

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July 2, 2023

Kourosh Ziabari – AGSIW: After more than four decades of frozen relations, signs are emerging that Iran and Egypt are seeking to thaw ties. Since its inception, the Islamic Republic of Iran has professed an unwavering commitment to the ideal of Islamic solidarity, but that avowal has often rung hollow, given its thorny relations with […]

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About

Kourosh Ziabari is a journalist and media studies researcher. A contributor to Foreign Policy and New Lines Magazine, he has earned a master's degree in political journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2022, he was named the recipient of the Professional Excellence Award from the Foreign Press Correspondents Association. He is an alumnus of the East-West Center's Senior Journalists Seminar Fellowship and a 2022 World Press Institute fellow with the University of St. Thomas, MN. Kourosh was a finalist for three Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism in 2020, 2021 and 2022. He has covered the United Nations on a Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists fellowship and received the silver medal of the Prince Albert II of Monaco and United Nations Correspondents Association Global Prize for Coverage of Climate Change. He was a Chevening Scholar of the class of 2016/17 with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.