Culture
Tips from the culture desk: A culture revival mid-Ramadan
Despite the heat wave, full bellies and diplomatic woes, Cairo’s culture scene isn’t calming down
Mada Masr
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3,712 تقرير منشور حتى الآن.
#Ramadan 2017
Tips from the leisure desk: 5 ways to get the best of out of Ramadan
1 month may not enough time to break a bad habit, but it’s enough time to make a start
Tanya El Kashef
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#book reviews
How do we write about Palestine? 2 collections, 2 answers
And why read parachute writers, even if they’re famous?
Marcia Lynx Qualey
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#censorship
Will Egypt’s Supreme Media Regulatory Council become a new censorship body?
A new decision and report by the media regulatory council looks to control TV and radio content
Mai Shams El-Din
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#1967
Historiographical frustrations: Writing the history of the 1967 defeat
"The documents are damning. The state doesn’t want you to find out the scandalous way it did its business."
Osman El Sharnoubi
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#Egypt-Qatar relations
Egypt and Arab nations cut ties with Qatar, but what’s next?
The next step will likely be within the framework of the Security Council
Asmahan Soliman و Omar Said
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#literature
The pain of losing Syria: On Alia Malek’s The Home That Was Our Country
If you only read one book about modern-day Syria, this should be it
Tamara Alrifai
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#Abyusif
Talking to Phil Battiekh: A Swiss DJ who plays mahraganat
The media has often placed mahraganat music in exoticizing narratives
Rami Abadir
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#50 years of defeat
Report: 50 years on from the June 1967 War
Mada Masr and 7 fellow institutions from the region publish a report to re-read the war and its consequences
Mada Masr
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#50 years of defeat
We are still in the dark: A conversation with Khaled Fahmy
Fahmy talks about the sparse historical record of the 1967 defeat, crucial to ascertaining what happened
Donya Ezzat
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#state intellectuals
How state intellectuals responded to 1967: Silence, propaganda and conspiracy
A media review showing how mainstream journals were failing to move beyond the paradigm of pre-war propaganda
Ismail Fayed
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#cinema
Egypt’s cinematic gems: A Taste of Fear
A document in which the post-1967 sentiment is delivered by unusual suspects
Rowan El Shimi
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#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: It’s (almost) all about post-iftar music
It’s a bit of a slow week as people and spaces ease into the Ramadan schedule, and we’re mostly recommending musical performances in Cairo, but if you’re in Ramadan hibernation…
Mada Masr
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#television
Mada’s Ramadan TV tips 2017: What to watch and what to drop
"Watching this series is as painful as having a tooth pulled."
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#visual art
Maeve Brennan’s The Drift and messing up mainstream media stories
An unfathomable place in perpetual need of explaining from the outside
Mia Jankowicz
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#Cairo Cinema Days
There is no beach like Gaza’s: Talking to the makers of Gaza Surf Club
Despite the slight stereotyping tendencies, Gaza Surf Club is well worth watching
Amna Magdy
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#attacks on Copts
A day in Deir al-Garnous: Christian families mourn in Minya
“People tell us our loved ones are better off in heaven. Who told them they would not have been well if they continued to live?”
Karoline Kamel
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#NGO law
Sisi approves NGO law over 6 months after it receives Parliament’s approval
Egypt’s contentious NGO law is ratified by Sisi over 6 months after Parliament's approval
Rana Mamdouh
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#attacks on Copts
The St. Samuel Monastery: Death on the road to a life-giving monastery
Militants killed 28 people traveling to the St. Samuel Monastery in Minya on Friday, a site that has given life and protection to everyone, from Christians and local workers to security forces
Karoline Kamel
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#music
On the economic history of making music in Egypt and Yousra El Hawary’s crowdfunding campaign
Crowdfunding may be a way to rebel against the rules of the market and the state.
Ahmed Nada
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