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Three newly translated graphic novels
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The frightening power of a multi-layered politics
The Self as a Collage of Short Stories
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Alexandrian artist Farouk Wahba created a contemporary art movement which still echoes today
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A reading into the opening scenes of 3 Egyptian films
Are we meant to discuss music solely through aesthetic critique or are we meant to contextualize it?
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Artist Christoph Büchel’s project, Barca Nostra, brought the hull of a fishing boat to the biennale
Mada has sacrificed some of its best journalists, sending them off to watch this year’s Ramadan TV
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