At the Cairo International Film Festival, we watched Carol Mansour’s documentary, A State of Passion, which follows Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah in and out of Gaza. Mansour brings us a…
A colonial economic history of an urban development venture
Over a year ago, I began interviewing food activists and researchers in Egypt on the question of food. I had noticed how there were a number of new initiatives that…
It was one of those rare occurrences when I was not too tired to make babysitting arrangements, dress nicely and head downtown for a night out with a group of…
In Azhar Park on June 15, Christine Auclair, coordinator of the World Urban Campaign, invited a group of journalists, urban researchers, activists, government players and others to brainstorm about a…
An automated screen in front of the Khulafa al-Rashedeen mosque in Cairo’s Heliopolis neighborhood read “The District of Masr al-Gedida.” The guard pointed to the Merryland celebration hall adjacent to…
«Remembering Galal Amin not only as an intellectual, but a captivating teacher»
