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In just 17 months, Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi went from little-known colonel general to a national hero. His journey is that of a career soldier with humble origins,…
The bilingual publication released last month to accompany the 2012 PhotoCairo5 exhibition continues the exhibition’s quest to shift the debate away from both whether it can be “too soon” to…
Egypt’s peak energy consumption season is still months away, but fuel shortages and power cuts have already become an everyday occurrence, leaving both homes and businesses in the dark. Manufacturers…
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and there are about 15 boys on the football pitch at the American University in Cairo’s new campus. Half of them are in neon yellow jerseys,…
Egypt’s energy debacle continues this week with conflicting statements from the Petroleum and Electricity Ministries. Meanwhile, although GDP growth has been disappointing, it appears foreign direct investment (FDI) from the…
A friend once told me that laughter is a very basic expression of understanding. This makes sense to me. With my poor Arabic, I often laugh after understanding the literal…
The law is everywhere in this movie, being broken.
"I just decided…I wanted to bring these oil companies down,” says Mamdouh Hamza, stabbing his finger on the desk to illustrate the point. He intermittently picks up the phone and…
This book, written in Arabic and published by Sharqiyat in 2013, is a quirky record of life in downtown Cairo.
“We have four social segments in Egypt: the poorer than poor, the poor, the middle class and the upper class,” says Ortega from the back of a car in Cairo.…
Hala Shukrallah was elected the new president of the Dostour party on February 21. The 59-year-old sociologist, a Coptic Christian and the first woman to be elected to head a…
“La Moakhza” (Excuse My French) is about a Christian boy from a wealthy family who has to switch his private school for a standard state one after his father suddenly dies. He’s…
I've never liked Sequoia. The view is priceless, yes, but it is ridiculously over-priced and it managed, over the years, to hire some of the most unprofessional, unfriendly and obnoxious…
A little girl in Egypt dreams of being a beautiful Disney princess. In a sense, she’s encouraged. Her bedroom walls are populated with such characters, and her parents leave her…
It’s a rainy afternoon in Cairo. Mud is everywhere and the sky is grey. Sad figures stand about attempting to cross flooded streets, getting splashed by passing cars. The city…
Spring is looking promising for t-shirt illustration brand "UNTY" (pronounced “unity"). Founders Omar Mobarek and Mostafa Tarek have big plans for this collaborative project, which seeks to incorporate art, film, music and fashion.…
Egypt's Minister of Finance announced ongoing negotiations on a five percent exceptional taxation for wealthy individuals over three years, in a bid to increase state revenues. Running out of options…
Mohamed Khan's Factory Girl deals with the brutal class system. But his first post-revolutionary movie also asks questions about Egypt’s post-revolutionary reality, partly through the role that he and Wessam…
For a meat and cheese loving foodie, the idea of a vegan restaurant is highly suspect. For meat eaters, vegan food can be perceived to be constantly making excuses, substituting…
This week, the National Council for Human Rights will release the final report of its fact-finding committee on the dispersal of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in that took place on August 14,…
