![RTX1CC7W.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/03/RTX1CC7W.jpg/RTX1CC7W.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=kFBT8kq-)
Ahmed Aleem is an Egyptian writer and researcher who writes for Egypt's Al-Shorouk newspaper and the Lebanese As-Safir. He has published his research with several Arab and Egyptian centers in addition to writing three scholarly books and two novels.
![RTX1CC7W.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/03/RTX1CC7W.jpg/RTX1CC7W.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=kFBT8kq-)
![Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb leaves Al Rawdah mosque during the first Friday prayer after the attack in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, December 1, 2017. Picture taken December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC170C5C7C20](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/03/RTX3NCD6.jpg/RTX3NCD6.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=WeL0ajBs)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa speaks during a conference held by the Awqaf (Religious Affairs) Ministry headquarters in Cairo, May 25, 2015, to discuss the renewal of religious discourse, a proposal by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in hopes to confront the extremism that has swept the region in recent years. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - GF10000107128](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/01/RTX1EH2E.jpg/RTX1EH2E.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=q7WNXeiu)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![A general view of Egypt's parliament in Cairo, Egypt, February 16, 2017. Picture taken February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Atef Hussein - RC1D3A9F0B30](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/01/RTS10OFE.jpg/RTS10OFE.jpg?h=3cba276c&itok=fFR0-3mE)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![RTS1THZZ.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/12/RTS1THZZ.jpg/RTS1THZZ.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=fO2g8KJU)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![NuweibaPort.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/12/NuweibaPort.jpg/NuweibaPort.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=hz-11CTs)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![TurkeyOil-1.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/11/TurkeyOil-1.jpg/TurkeyOil-1.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=A2rhNUqb)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![Residents walk near damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo - RC1FE5D0C050](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/09/RTX2UV1V.jpg/RTX2UV1V.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=KZ1tA8h0)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![mosalah.png](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/08/mosalah.png/mosalah.png?h=dd6b0305&itok=aMwgkQtc)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![RTX2HD9I.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/05/RTX2HD9I.jpg/RTX2HD9I.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=3MQmmQr5)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![A fisherman steers his boat on the river Nile in Luxor city, south of Cairo, Egypt, November 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - GF20000078031](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/03/RTX1WALT.jpg/RTX1WALT.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=FVNRCUql)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem
![Egyptian supporters of presidential candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa carry election campaign banners during a march in Cairo, Egypt March 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC17ED8A0400](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/02/RTS1M0X1.jpg/RTS1M0X1.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=mqX7xLE9)
![Ahmed Aleem](https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/AhmedAleem.jpg/AhmedAleem.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=w5hh6QEZ)
Ahmed Aleem