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Roznama 8: Art at the end of the world
What would art right at the moment when our very survival is suspect, look like?
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Ismail Fayed
Ismail Fayed is an independent writer and researcher, based in Cairo. He has been writing on contemporary artistic practices since 2007.
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The thin thread between misogyny and emancipation
Faten Hamama gives a rare, realistic portrayal of the frustration experienced by women in Egypt
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Poison into medicine: On watching Poisonous Roses
Ismail Fayed reviews Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s debut feature film, Poisonous Roses
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Hijacking the contemporary
Imane Ibrahim’s show at Townhouse
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A future possible?
Art which seeks to evade an established historical narrative without looking elsewhere: The Berlin Biennale
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On failure and despair: What I did for love
«Challenging capitalist notions of success and failure, Ismail Fayed explores love as resistance.»
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Mada’s feminist roundtables 01 | Justice now: A feminist moment of reckoning
«Each roundtable brings together feminist activists, intellectuals, academics, lawyers and more.»
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On queerness and the jargon of authenticity
«a utopia free of any Western influence only exists in the delusions of some postcolonial academics»
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Waiting for apocalypse: Egypt at a crossroads
«What the apocalypse and the uprisings across the Arab world teach us, is that we are not alone»
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Death of a hegemon: Mid-century Egyptian music in Beirut
«The term "hishik bishik" is an Egyptian expression to denote cabaret-like performance, especially one perceived to be licentious or obscene.»
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Notes on belly-dance
«I’d like to make a few notes on belly-dance beyond the moral debate around justifying it as a non-sexual act or glorifying it as a true…»
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