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Antique dealers, second-hand markets, auction showrooms, music lovers, music historians, amateurs and the rich are cornerstones of the wondrous world of vintage vinyl records. The rich history of oriental music…
After a graphic video showing 21 Coptic Egyptians beheaded by Islamic State forces was released on Sunday, some activists are holding their government accountable for the grim conditions faced by…
In the run-up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Egypt, he told the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram that the two countries are discussing ways to cut out the dollar and…
The budget for this fiscal year was only approved by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on June 30, after he sent it back to the Cabinet demanding that the deficit be lowered to 10 percent. It was…
In this adaptation of a novel by laziness laureate Albert Cossery, fear of the atomic bomb is a nihilistic joke
Four years after the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, journalists are once again feeling the pressure of limited press freedoms, which some say are even more restrictive than before the revolution.…
Back to the Origins is the third in a series of exhibitions, Futuropolis, curated by Paul Geday at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in downtown Cairo. It features the work…
The last four and a half years of political upheaval and resistance in the Arab world have revealed new possibilities for social change. Scholars of the Middle East have grappled…
With nine shows for its first year, Gypsum Gallery is proving itself to be a different and perhaps alternative model to art production and dissemination in Egypt. Although not the…
A couple of days after clashes in Matareya around the fourth anniversary of the January 25 revolution, Hajj Hazem, who owns a candy shop right next to Al-Rahman mosque, was still clearing glass after a…
“I don’t know how a ticket to a football game could be more expensive than a spectator’s life,” Ahly Club director Wael Gomma said after more than 22 football fans…
On Friday a song was briefly released on YouTube by Egyptian musician Ramy Essam. The song, Ashan Takhdoh (So You Can Take It), is directed by successful artist Ganzeer. An angry,…
An intensely weird film about foreign-influenced feudalism versus socialism
Part 1 of this interview, on Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley and translation, is here. On becoming an Arabist HG: You started asking about Arabic novels after graduation. Weren’t you exposed to any contemporary…
The most visible phenomenon in this year's fair is the sweeping presence of Egyptian colloquial Arabic poetry collections.
While analogue synthesizers were at the center of Rami Abadir’s contribution to the My Nineties project, in his new album Shawakish — co-produced with Mustafa El Sayed — the Roland…
The Egyptian pound has declined by 5.46 percent against the dollar since January 18, reflecting a clear shift in the Central Bank's policy to keep the rate relatively stable against…
This week Scottish-Yemeni filmmaker Sara Ishaq presented two films back-to-back at Zawya: Oscar-nominated Karama has no Walls and a far more interesting feature on her family, The Mulberry House. Both films…
Despite taking a pro-Palestinian position in the struggle against Israeli Zionism, LeGassick’s outspoken criticism of the dictatorial rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser would still not earn him favor among a…
Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is on his way back to Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will soon follow suit and be deported to Canada.…
