Alan Kurdi: Between reportage and propaganda
Amir Makar on the use of photographs in media and propaganda, from the "Afghan Girl" to Sisi and the new canal.
Amir Makar on the use of photographs in media and propaganda, from the "Afghan Girl" to Sisi and the new canal.
It was our first-ever visit to the Ministry of Agriculture’s month-long annual Flower Show, which started in the 1920s.
The building, in Cairo’s central Attaba district, was nationalized in 1961 but retains its original architecture, from its three-story-high central atrium to its glass chandeliers.
It's rare to see a clown show in Cairo, never mind in one of Cairo's oldest streets, Al-Moez, and in front of the historic Qalawun Mosque.
In four Egyptian cities over a weekend this month, one could be walking down the street and all of a sudden hear a violin, a percussion beat and the soulful…