The new advert from Egypt's youngest telecom company is all about optimism, but many find it problematic.
A commentary on the interplay of sex and space, and the tensions that arise with lack of both.
A coming together of A-listers, a noble cause and a social media spat has generated this year’s hottest Ramadan TV ad.
The serenity that surrounded this Meeting Points studio session might be owed to the time at hand, and to the growing familiarity of the faces of various backgrounds and ages…
If you're not too swept up in Ramadan's glut of TV series and social engagements, there some good film, music and humor to consider this week if you're in Cairo…
There’s a lot to admire about this new non-periodical film magazine produced by Cimatheque, but Nour El Safoury wants a little more innovation.
Ismail Yassin's life seemed like an extension of his onscreen persona.
Ahmed Shafei worries the novel's ending may encourage sympathies in the reader for some characters and not others, and indicate that those who are alike should stand united against everyone…
On Mohammed Abdelnaby's recent novel, dealing sensitively with the "Queen Boat incident."
A write up of what our culture and politics teams have been watching and whether we’d recommend anything to a wider audience...
A Juhayna ad was said to include sexual innuendoes and promote “unrealistic results,” suggesting that the company’s milk is better than mothers’…
Music, film and some idiosyncratic tips from Andeel.
Even watching movies can make me feel like a subject of research in which my reactions are strictly linked to where I’m from and the conditions under which I live,…
There’s huge growth in skilled, youthful labor including architects and urbanists with no opportunities to practice in the classical sense, as well as a creative unskilled labor with a strong…
Arts-wise this week’s a slow week as Ramadan starts, giving a chance for people to binge on TV. See our round up of trends and phenomena in the upcoming shows here.…
It looks like police thrillers, throwbacks and psychiatry will dominate this year.
Madhoun perpetuates in his prose the Palestine he was barred from entering for 38 years.
An incisive view of the corrupt politics of Lebanon's civil war, but not much poetic insight.
"There are no longer the major stars, vedettes, which is true in the West, too. They don’t have the same style, the same glamor."
Mariam Naoum, Tamer Abu Ghazalan, Arab shorts, a big book fair, and more.
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