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The second time I met Michael C. Vazquez was the first time I heard that Lotus, the Journal of Afro-Asian Writings, had been published out of Cairo.
Why do people make movies like Rice City, Andeel wonders.
For months now, Hany Rashed has been fascinated with the possibilities of plastic. He tried, at first, painting on plastic sheets. But that didn’t give him the effect he wanted. When he heated…
Since his release on bail in March, Alaa Abd El Fattah has been putting things in order before his inevitable return to jail. He’s had too many brushes with the…
Five legal issues in the case of the Shura Council protest have emerged throughout the development of the case since November 2013 and which have been flagged by the defendants’…
Ursula Lindsey's thoughtful piece on freedom of movement in Palestine and the importance of the annual literary festival there.
On April 16, a small group of protesters excitedly marched into Tahrir Square, only to be chased out again by police forces with tear gas minutes later. “Revolutionaries are in…
On certain momentous days, only three men know the headline of the flagship state newspaper Al-Ahram before it is sent to the printers. Even the layout designers remain in the…
After experiencing The Surface of Spectral Scattering, you’re unsure whether to think of the universe as infinitely big, or about yourself as insignificantly small.
The Cairo Governorate’s plan to build a public garden on a piece of land in a historical area of Fustat has been stalled by a successful campaign spearheaded by activists and civil society groups.…
Before the turnout of 47.4 percent was officially announced by the Presidential Election Commission last week, there was a seeming anxiety in the quarters of now President-Elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. But the announcement…
It wasn’t always this way: 15 years ago, the alternative music scene was dominated by guitar-based bands playing progressive rock and heavy metal.
Renowned comedian Samir Ghanem says just one line: “Which bus goes to hell?”
Filmmakers, performers and musicians in Egypt tread a fine line. A creative work must not advocate atheism, criticize Muslim, Christian or Jewish beliefs or approve of “sorcery.” It cannot depict…
The official results of Egypt’s presidential election were announced on Tuesday, confirming Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s landslide victory after last week’s three-day poll. While he managed to garner 96.9 percent of…
With Egypt ranked the third deadliest country for journalists worldwide, making journalism an increasingly dangerous profession, it is not amongst the country’s deadliest occupations. Egypt’s most hazardous and life-threatening…
Badiaa Bouhrizi lingers around backstage, warmly greeting fans lined up outside the curtains following her concert at Al-Azhar Park’s Geneina Theater in May. The fans, in their late teens and early twenties, ask for autographs and selfies,…
Tucked behind a coffeehouse in a bustling paper market in downtown Alexandria is Wekalet Behna. It’s an unlikely location for what was once one of the region’s most important film distribution companies. Reopened for two months now, the 12-room apartment hosts a filmmaking unit, cinema archive,…
A Deep Sleep details a strange epidemic of impotency among the men of Cairo and Giza.
Laura Gribbon on downtown Cairo's new alternative cinema.
