Podcast | Katalog #2: Dina El Wedidi
When I heard the train, I heard a full band. It was great — there were so many different sounds.
Shubeik Lubeik: An urban fantasy about wishes
In her debut graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik (2018), young graphic novelist Deena Mohamed Yehia (1994) draws a parable that evokes a fantastical present-day Cairo where the dreams and…
‘Hungover’: Reflections on the routes and residue of 1968
1968 might have been a political failure but it has also spurred ideas that remain relevant today
Huda Lutfi creates a captivating world of silence in AUC show
Instead of the outside world of Cairo, we’re seeing the inside world of Huda.
Sounds of 2018: Boredom, silence and the music in between
Maha ElNabawi on the sounds that came out of 2018, puncturing a year of boredom and silence
The Lion and the Brown Witch: Reflections on this year’s Africa-focused Festival Theaterformen
Ismail Fayed reflects on Festival Theaterformen’s Africa-focused program in Brunswick, Germany
Opium or coffee? Islam and its relevance in hard times
Is religion numbing Egyptians into acquiescence amid a number of merciless austerity measures?
Witnessing a massacre
Four Egyptian journalists reconstruct the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in dispersal
Literary gems: Adel Esmat’s The Tales of Yusuf Tadrus
Adel Esmat imagines himself a Coptic Christian in this recent novel, which Sherif Abdel Samad finds mesmerizing
FestBeat: Watching films in turbulent times remains important
Panorama helps show why films matter in a time of crisis.
The European influence on Henry James and Tawfiq al-Hakim
American writer Henry James’s self-image as a spider garnering stories instead of flies could equally apply to Egyptian literary giant Tawfiq al-Hakim. Both bequeathed huge literary testaments to…