#Egypt's cinematic gems
Egypt’s cinematic gems: Cairo 30
Arguably the first film in Egyptian cinema to push for a socialist solution to Egypt’s eternal problems
Adham Youssef
7 دقيقة قراءة
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#Beirut in Cairo
The art of Adelita Husni-Bey: Gentle reminders to be self-reflexive?
In Beirut’s villa, you stand in front of a maquette. It’s about shoulder level and doesn't appear to be well-made, but like a puzzle assembled over time. White cardboard buildings…
Zeina Aly
6 دقيقة قراءة
#Cairo Court of Urgent Matters
Out of the syndicates
Professional syndicates and labor unions have become a battleground for the fight against the Muslim Brotherhood, where a significant presence of the outlawed group is being threatened. In recent weeks,…
Jano Charbel
6 دقيقة قراءة
#taxi drivers
Trying 2 taxi apps in Cairo
Hailing a taxi in Cairo can be a bit of a gamble. Most of the time, it’s perfectly fine — a short wait for a civil driver who takes you…
Isabel Esterman
11 دقيقة قراءة
#Abdel Halim Hafez
Searching for new sound: Serious music and redefining authenticity
Redefining "authentic music" as serious music capable of introducing a new sound expands the scope of our listening experience, says Rami Abadir.
Rami Abadir
13 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
Two dialogues about the Panorama film festival
One talk with filmmaker and critic Tarek El Sharkawy, and one with with Swiss artist/curator Andrea Thal.
Ahmed Refaat
14 دقيقة قراءة
#Arab revolutions
A Mediterranean encounter in the heart of Cairo
Throughout years of struggle for regime change and an overall change of political mindset in Egypt, the question of how local this struggle is continued to be present, both in…
Marta Agosti
14 دقيقة قراءة
#Egypt's cinematic gems
Egypt’s cinematic gems: A Dinner Date
A fast-paced feminist tragedy conjured from a small article in a newspaper’s crime section
Amany Ali Shawky
4 دقيقة قراءة
#literature
Out of Radwa Ashour’s paradise!
I entered her simple head-of-department room accompanied by my colleague Hany Helmy, who had been her PhD student for some time. He was introducing me to the famous Radwa Ashour…
Mona Elnamoury
5 دقيقة قراءة
#Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
My pragmatist friend surrenders
Close to Tahrir Square, at Takayeeba café, an independent artist friend of mine and a theater director were sitting around a small tin table that barely had room for the…
Shady Lewis
5 دقيقة قراءة
#discrimination
The struggle for education
In 1976, Stephen Hawking, a pioneering physicist and research director at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University, proved that black holes release radiation due to quantum effects. This…
Mai Shams El-Din
7 دقيقة قراءة
#conspiracy theories
Why everyone walked free in the Mubarak trial
Judge Mahmoud al-Rashidy knew that the acquittal of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his aides on charges of inciting and conspiring in the killing of protesters during…
Mada Masr
6 دقيقة قراءة
#coal
While renewables stall, coal powers ahead
In recent months, Egypt has announced plans to build the country’s first two coal-fired power plants, following a controversial April decision to allow the fuel to be used for industry…
Isabel Esterman
8 دقيقة قراءة
#Egyptian Trade Union Federation
A uniting union
Behind Tunisia’s ongoing presidential elections, with a run-off already scheduled for December 28, lies an intricate web of power conflicts and mediations. Moving beyond the traditional labor federation role, Tunisia’s…
Jano Charbel
9 دقيقة قراءة
#British Council Egypt
The 6th Cairo Video Festival, or the 6th Cairo Video Archive Experiment?
At the 6th Cairo Video Festival, an astonishing total of 200 videos were on view over 12 days.
Sama Waly
5 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
Egypt’s cinematic gems: Al-Keif
This film is proof that you can do all the wrong things there are to do as a filmmaker and get away with it, as long as you've got a…
Hessen Hossam
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Nour Party
Dodging the Islamist bullet
“Beware of women belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood who will carry the Quran in their hands,” said Yasser Borhamy, the deputy head of the Salafi Dawah group. “When police forces…
Passant Rabie
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Nour Party
Bracing for an Islamist revolution
In a statement issued by the Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday, the group endorsed participation in the November 28 protests, which have been dubbed as the "Islamist revolution." Local state and…
Mada Masr
5 دقيقة قراءة
#Adam Henein
Three art shows in Cairo: A conversation
In mid-November, Nile Sunset Annex founders Taha Belal and Jenifer Evans (who is also Mada’s culture editor) went to look at three exhibitions in Cairo. The first were large state-affiliated group shows: Al-Ahram’s first annual “Visual…
Jenifer Evans
12 دقيقة قراءة
#sex workers
Selling pleasure, reaping hardship
“I don’t feel guilty. What I do is devoid of emotion,” says Samia, a civil servant by morning, sex worker by night. While she wasn’t asked whether she feels guilty…
Omar Said
9 دقيقة قراءة