This sort of balanced perspective is desperately missing in Egypt, where journalists almost always either voluntarily or involuntarily choose a clear side.
Panorama allowed for a deeper viewing of films connected to the region, which added significant value to the event being hosted in Cairo at this point in its history
What does it mean to screen what has historically been the cinema of European auteurs in Egypt, given the assemblages of power…
Culture consumers have another satisfying week coming up in Cairo.
When Eldin Zulfikar adapted Anna Karenina, he gave his ex-wife Faten Hamama and her new husband Omar Sharif the leading roles
Walking through the Antoniades Garden feels like being a guest inside Mahmoud Khaled’s art practice.
Can images offer us ruptures from the past that free us from the past traumas and allow us to reclaim our future?
A caring look, one that shows us our vulnerability as human beings attempting to connect with one another in a dangerous world,…
Music that stems from cultural appropriation, in contrast to fusion, is produced spontaneously, assisted by elements from two or more kinds of music to produce a new sound capable of…
Queen of Silence is a creative non-fiction film. It freely uses the storytelling tools of fiction film, from editing to camera work,…
Queens of Syria is a phenomenal film that is very much worth experiencing.
When people cry that “film is dead,” something that Hala Galal mentioned, what they mean is film as it was invented, celluloid…
There are plenty of exciting films to watch this week as the Panorama of the European Film continues. You can catch the end of the Greetings to those who asked…
I started wondering if we burden the image too much, ask it to do more than it can when thinking about it…
If the novel should be called out for its superficial dabbling with mysticism and a problematic premise, it cannot be faulted for its masterful storytelling.
The Panorama has a very interesting, distinct vibe this year.
Lina Attalah reviews an art exhibition about imprisonment at Cairo's Contemporary Image collective.
The appointees of the Musicians Syndicate are now officers.
Rowan El Shimi reports on a moving memorial to the writer at the American University in Cairo.
On Mahmoud Khaled's tour of Alexandria and its beginnings in a Cyprus Pavilion at Venice.
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