The politics of silence
Those looking to view coverage from a critical and professional talk show presenter on Egyptian television had a few choices just a few months ago. There were few who dared…
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Those looking to view coverage from a critical and professional talk show presenter on Egyptian television had a few choices just a few months ago. There were few who dared…
S&P raised Egypt's credit rating to "B-/B" with a stable outlook. Meanwhile, unofficial reports have surfaced of Saudi Arabia offering Egypt US$4 billion. Moreover, the ongoing saga on minimum wage…
For the past two or three years, Egypt’s electronic dance music scene has been utterly dominated by a cold, four-to-the-floor, synthetic-based brand of deep house. Packed with mind-warping sub-bass, semi-complex…
Is this what things have come to? Instead of artworks, we get therapy? And why does it feel so good?
If you’re planning a party — whether a bachelorette, a farewell or a child’s birthday — you know the biggest impression can be made by a dazzling cake. Women around…
"What I’m hoping to do is show contemporary art that is a bit more progressive and critical, but in a commercial context.”
Egypt’s ministers came together on Monday to address the many economic challenges facing the country and to instill a dose of trust in the business environment. But both the challenges highlighted and…
As the deadline marking the end of the 50-member committee’s work on amending the 2012 constitution approaches, newspaper headlines have been occupied with objections from various state institutions regarding their…
Often when I attend shows of popular art forms from different parts of Egypt, something leaves me a little uncomfortable, but I swallow it down to enjoy the show. It’s…
Most coverage of Egypt’s constitutional redrafting has centered on the issues making their way into the amendments that the body will eventually draft, rather than process itself. The document’s quality…
“Look out from your windows very soon,” said Badry, our local Bedouin guide, as we reached a bumpy and sandy path. “You’ll see a sight you will not want to miss.”…
Two weeks ago, a giant mountain of coal was erected in the port of Alexandria. Uncovered, and barely separated from the surrounding, densely populated residential neighborhood by a flimsy sheet…
“Rights, equality, democracy,” reads a large banner pinned high on the wall of the headquarters of Masr al-Hurreya (the Egypt Freedom Party), on a quiet side street just away from the hustle and…
After a month of advertising on social media, Just Falafel, the Lebanese fast food chain, opened its first three branches in three key districts around the capital, Mohandiseen, Maadi and…
There are more workers than there are customers. In ordinary circumstances, that would not be the case at 10 pm on a Friday in a well-stocked grocery store on a…
The corridors of the maternity hospital were packed with doctors, medical staff and even patients who had got up from their beds. Security personnel fought with passersby who were trying…
Two ousted presidents behind bars in two years can be more than one country’s transition to democracy can handle. But in Egypt, the trials of former President Mohamed Morsi and…
Deeb is a rapper for the ages, a Generation-Y musician with his frequency tuned to the music of eras past. Known for his euphonious yet socially-conscious lyrics, fluid rap flow,…
Have you turned 30 yet? Have you started using phrases like, “10 or 15 years ago, when I was at college?” If so, please join me in some sentimentality for…
The Cairo Criminal Court, where ousted President Mohamed Morsi will be tried in the early hours of Monday, is witnessing a case that has some arguably significant political implications. Morsi…