#Egypt's cinematic gems
Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘Film Thakafy’
The opening scene is a brilliant exploitation of religious tradition for the sake of masturbation
Jahd Khalil
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#Bahrain
Egypt’s political deadlock extends to the Gulf
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar last week, making the looming political impasse in the Gulf seem much closer. In a joint statement,…
Mai Shams El-Din
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#Bahariya
Is one night of camping better than nothing?
On a 48-hour trip to Bahareya and the White Desert.
Nevine El-Shabrawy
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#El Gouna
Can a flailing tourism industry lure green travelers?
“If you’re going to stick a sticker saying 'please save water', I don't see that it will make a difference.”
Isabel Esterman
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#American University in Cairo
On the lives and afterlives of literary texts
Sinan Antoon thinks of literary texts as wearing black, waiting for a translator to liberate them into the afterlife.
Laura Bird
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#heliopolis
The final stop
Medhat and his friend have been sitting on a broken-down bench across from the decrepit train tracks in Heliopolis for about 15 minutes, waiting to take the tram home. “It’s…
Passant Rabie
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#Kamal Abu Eita
From Mahalla
A horse-drawn cart sends ripples down a flooded street in one of Mahalla's many working-class neighborhoods. Around the corner, a group of men stand quietly chatting at the gates…
Tom Rollins
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#animation
Do-Mystic Uni-Verse
I'm squatting on the floor in the middle of Nile Sunset Annex, watching Walid ElSawi's stop-motion animation video series on a large LCD screen.
Doa Aly
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#Italian cuisine
Il Divino Pizzeria answers pizza lovers’ prayers
After years of food tasting, I have discovered two important food facts. Firstly, Pizza Hut isn’t pizza, and secondly, most pizza chefs in Italy are Egyptians. Armed with this knowledge,…
Amany Ali Shawky
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#Abdel Halim Hafez
Band of the week: Hello Pyschaleppo
The down-tempo, moody mash-ups and densely layered material of Hello Psychaleppo are somehow equally geared toward both the dance floor and the loner in headphones. Hello Psychaleppo is the project of 25-year-old Syrian artist Samer Saem Eldahr,…
Maha ElNabawi
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#cement industry
Egypt working toward energy mix, not coal imports, claims Iskandar
Egypt is working towards finding a new energy mix for industry, and particularly for cement plants, according to the environment minister. Denying reports that officials decided to allow coal imports,…
Amira Salah-Ahmed
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#2014 presidential elections
What’s in the presidential contest for democrats?
With presidential elections on the horizon, Egypt’s democratic groups are assessing their options. In a roundtable discussion hosted by Mada Masr, a number of political commentators, party members, academics and…
Dina Hussein
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#economy
Economy in a week: Egypt reclassified as frontier market
After a three-year review, Russell's Annual Index reclassified Egypt's status from an emerging to a frontier market. And yet Sherif Sami, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), refuted the downgrade,…
Sherif Zaazaa
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#child abuse
Port Said rape case raises questions about Child Law
On November 13, five-year-old Zeina Arafah was found dead in the coastal city of Port Said with her bones crushed, severed brachial arteries, haemorrhages and signs of shock due to…
Leyla Doss
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#Doctors Syndicate
Medical staff and workers escalate strike action
Tens of thousands of doctors, pharmacists and dentists launched an open-ended strike on Saturday, an escalation of unprecedented industrial action by workers and professional staff in Egypt. Outside the headquarters…
Jano Charbel
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#literature
‘The Blue Elephant’: A sci-fi thriller worthy of a prize?
After reading “Al-Feel al-Azraq” (The Blue Elephant, 2012) by Egyptian author Ahmed Mourad last year, I was pretty shaken and snippets of the book kept resurfacing in my head for…
Amany Ali Shawky
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#Egypt's cinematic gems
Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘The Deluge’
Any crime, regardless of how awful it is, can be digested under a certain level of pressure
Wael Hamdy
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#attacks on police
He who has lost something does not give it
Police officer Ahmed Mashaly stands at a checkpoint along the Agriculture Road with no helmet or protective vest. He has had no proper training to be in the field, and…
Passant Rabie
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#clowning
Sadness and kitsch in a play about making ends meet
Eight actors sit on chairs facing one another, four along each wall. It’s difficult to see how they will manage in such a small space. We sit watching them from…
Naira Antoun
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#alternative beauty
No ‘poo for you!
Apparently, shampoo is evil. I know it may have never crossed your mind, but rumors have been spreading that chemicals in shampoo like methylisothiazolinone and diethanolamine could give you terrifying…
Nevine El-Shabrawy
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