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The temporary outage of internet-based calling services like WhatsApp and Viber caused a social media storm in October 2015, but the episode left more questions than it answered: Are internet-based calling…
When British soldiers came into villagers’ houses in Nazlat al-Shobak in 1919, according to village women who accused them of rape, they said “zig zig.” We know this through archives…
In a speech last Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed that the devaluation of the pound wouldn’t translate to higher prices. “I assure you, there won't be price increases for…
Mimicking a colloquial Egyptian phrase, “emsek harami” (catch a thief), online campaign Emsek Fatoura (catch a bill) has been used to protest what many say is an exponential increase in their…
Since the beginning of the academic year last fall, several student groups have voiced concerns about the impossibility of obtaining university permits for different activities. The trend is feared to further…
Rowan El Shimi investigates why Alexandria's political theater forum might be coming to an end.
The first thing you notice in Tania El Khoury’s interactive sound installation Gardens Speak is the smell of dirt. It’s disconcerting after coming in from a Cairo street. It smells…
French President Francois Hollande is due to arrive in Cairo on Sunday for a two-day visit that is expected to include the signing of more arms deals between the two…
Check out these recommendations — two very respectable film festivals, two likely very interesting art exhibitions, and a promising new album.
Ismail Fayed reviews the 2016 D-CAF visual art component, curated by Aleya Hamza.
Hába’s involvement in the congress and Kačinskas’ insights into links between oriental heritage and modernist music reflect the self-awareness of the Prague microtonal school.
Episode 2 explores the visual motifs in Kamal al-Sheikh's The Thief and the Dogs (1962), which is adapted from a Naguib Mahfouz novel.
The Egyptian state appears poised to enter into renewed confrontation with some of Egypt’s best known rights organizations with the reopening of a 2011 case accusing them of operating without…
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…
Under some very rare conditions movies create a state of reincarnation.
The European Egyptian Contemporary Music Society has dedicated its annual festival to exploring the impact of music tradition on the development of contemporary music.
Mansoura University engineering student Abdallah Azmy was studying for his midterm exam a few weeks ago, when one of his friends took his mobile and cursed their college on Azmy’s…
Just days after his ascension to the presidency in June 2014, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called upon Egyptians to donate everything they could to help solve Egypt’s economic crisis. Sisi…
In keeping with annual tradition, the April 6 Youth Movement tagged Facebook posts for its eighth anniversary, “the ninth launch.” But is this optimistic given the current state of the movement? With…
The Panama Papers leaks published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday included information on Pan World Investments, a company owned by Alaa Mubarak — son of…
