#Ahmed al-Zend
The power of arrest and the future of music in Egypt
The appointees of the Musicians Syndicate are now officers.
Charles Akl
6 دقيقة قراءة
أرشيف
التقارير
3,712 تقرير منشور حتى الآن.
#athletes
Dominating the courts: Egypt’s first female number one squash champion
Mohamed al-Shorbagy, an Egyptian squash champion, posted a picture with Raneem al-Welily after she made history by becoming Egypt’s first-ever female world number one in squash last September. “How many…
Reem Abulleil
6 دقيقة قراءة
#Akhbar al-Adab
Paying farewell to Gamal al-Ghitani
Rowan El Shimi reports on a moving memorial to the writer at the American University in Cairo.
Rowan El Shimi
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Egypt-Syria relations
The socio-economics of diaspora
The majority of Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Egypt are now classed as “severely vulnerable,” according to two donor briefing documents seen by Mada Masr. With funding shortfalls and…
Tom Rollins
10 دقيقة قراءة
#Alexandria
Retrospection as an act of regaining a present
On Mahmoud Khaled's tour of Alexandria and its beginnings in a Cyprus Pavilion at Venice.
Alexandra Stock
13 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: A look at the Cairo film festival on its 9th and final day
One danger of having European or American cinema dominate a festival or market, especially in our current global economic structure, is that the cultural hegemony of that worldview or cinematic…
Nour El Safoury
5 دقيقة قراءة
#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: Films across Egypt and a short Zamalek art festival
The Panorama of the European Film is probably the main culture headliner this week, spreading out in four of Egypt’s cities. There’s also an intriguing looking four-hour art festival however, organized…
Mada Masr
3 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
All about this year’s Panorama of the European Film
This year there's 37 features, 12 documentaries and 16 shorts in several sections. Here's our brief guide to it all.
Jenifer Evans و Rowan El Shimi
9 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: Farah Khan and Hesham Issawi’s new film on day 8
A lot went on at the film festival on Thursday. There was a red carpet event before the screening of Indian director, actor and choreographer Farah Khan’s film Om Shanti…
Nour El Safoury
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Atef al-Tayeb
Egypt’s cinematic gems: Bus Driver
Produced a year after the killing of Anwar Sadat, Atef al-Tayeb's film brought Sadat's infitah policy to harsh trial
Adham Youssef
6 دقيقة قراءة
#Alexandria
Situations arise because of the weather
An account of day one of Postponed Dates on a Disappearing Coast, a happening in Alexandria in the context of Christodoulos Panayiotou's exhibition Two Days After Forever, led by artist…
Ilka Eickhof
9 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: A powerfully moving Syrian film on day 7
A translation of a moving letter from Syrian director Joud Said, who couldn't get an Egyptian visa, and reflection on representing "reality" in Arab film.
Nour El Safoury
6 دقيقة قراءة
#documentary
What leaving feels like: A melancholic film on Egyptians in Greece
“Only people with very international sociabilities may live trans-nationality rather serenely, but they are few,” the filmmakers argue.
Laura Bird
6 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: Tweets, selfies and absences on day 6
Very few cast or crew members for international films have been present. The Russian plane crash, travel warnings and general instability in the region most likely discouraged them.
Nour El Safoury
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Bisco Misr
Bisco Misr workers still earn less than US$100 per month after Kellogg buyout
When the US Kellogg Company bought a majority stake in local snack maker Bisco Misr in January 2015, the Egyptian company’s shareholders walked away with around US$125 million. The Kellogg Company,…
Jano Charbel و Isabel Esterman
8 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: Day 5 concerns lad flicks and whether they should be competing
Although embattled masculinities have long been a topic of Egyptian cinema, a genre of films has emerged in the last few years that one might compare to British “lad culture”…
Nour El Safoury
4 دقيقة قراءة
#education strategy
Egyptian Knowledge Bank to give free access to online journals, but will it fulfill its promise?
The state-funded Egyptian Knowledge Bank project will provide free access to net-based research resources that normally charge hefty subscription fees, officials announced Saturday. Many educators cheered the news, though some fear…
Pesha Magid
5 دقيقة قراءة
#CAPMAS
Workers question official statistics on unemployment figures
According to figures published on Sunday by the state’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), unemployment increased slightly in the third quarter of 2015, affecting 12.8 percent of…
Jano Charbel
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
FestBeat: On day 4, CIFF’s women-led side emerges
A lot of people were interested in what the first ever female-led CIFF would look like, especially as gender equality in the film industry is a hotly debated issue these…
Nour El Safoury
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo International Film Festival
Tuk-tuk: Beautifully shot, unnecessarily long
Tuk-tuk is a portrait of three young teenage boys who, instead of going to school everyday, man some of the three-wheel vehicles that are a staple of Cairo's informal areas. Screening…
Rowan El Shimi
4 دقيقة قراءة