Nour El Safoury is freelance writer and an aspiring cultural critic who is based in Cairo. She has a special interest in film history and theory and in contemporary moving image practices in art.
There’s a lot to admire about this new non-periodical film magazine produced by Cimatheque, but Nour El Safoury wants a little more innovation.
I’d like to defend inaccessibility and the virtues of getting lost, writes Nour El Safoury.
More and more attention is being given to the presence of Arab cinema in the international film market.
There’s a general trend, especially in mainstream narrative cinema, to approach the cinematic medium as capable of expanding our moral horizons.
This film helps us, especially as people from the Arabic-speaking world, to see the world differently.
From showbiz gossip, childhood memories and praise of films or foodstuffs to nuanced arguments about the state of the film industry, Mohamed Khan's collected articles offer plenty to chew on.
Panorama helps show why films matter in a time of crisis.
What does it mean to screen what has historically been the cinema of European auteurs in Egypt, given the assemblages of power…
The film refuses the sensationalized, bloody images of death the media thrives on and gives us a more human side of war.
We're nearing the end of the Panorama. It's getting quieter, with fewer people appearing even for the evening and night screenings. I…
Can images offer us ruptures from the past that free us from the past traumas and allow us to reclaim our future?
A caring look, one that shows us our vulnerability as human beings attempting to connect with one another in a dangerous world,…
