Andeel says that the blunt, solitary message of Al-Gezira 2 (The Island 2, 2014) is: Brotherhood bad, don’t play with them, government bad, play with them.
The line was here. No. Here. No. We crossed. We crossed. They crossed. We switched sides. That’s what happened. We switched sides and then we negotiated a deal with the…
Alongside many pages sharing contemporary imagery for political and entertainment purposes, several social media sites have emerged that are dedicated to posting historical images of Egypt.
A photojournalist approaches a woman in a café hosting his exhibition about the aftermath of the 1967 war in Suez
I believe that life is made of choices, not between mainstream and underground, but between struggling to continue and giving up.
«Tucked away in the bustling commercial street of Mohamed Pasha Said in the Janaklees district of Alexandria is an Italian stone mansion housing one of Egypt’s…»
In this dark joke of a movie, an elevator is a miniature version of the newly class-conscious Egypt
Introduction by Elliott Colla: Like hundreds of other prisoners of conscience now languishing in Sisi's prisons, Ahmed Douma has a long background in activism. One of the founders of Kefaya…
In Bassem Yousri’s RGB (1), the artist’s mind seems to explode onto the gallery walls in a fragmented display of painted drawings on canvases of varying sizes.
Having swung from anti-colonial to glamorizing before becoming more complicated due to conflict, conscription was used in film to discuss corruption and revolution during the Mubarak era, and became quite…
Egyptian cinema may be criticized for poor effects, overrated acting and commercial tendencies. Yet it does discuss controversial topics in the society it comes from, as art should. One such…
Visitors to Out to Sea? The Plastic Garbage Project, an exhibition at Darb 1718 in Old Cairo, are greeted by a floor-to-ceiling heap of rubbish.
Darine Hotait moves to a small table in the corner of the room, reaches for her “magic box” and takes out five black-and-white photographs. "I want you to write a…
I’d been trying to find an ethical reason for why Youssef Chahine's movies didn’t appeal to me.
Amany Ali Shawky, Jenifer Evans and Andeel give their views on Ahmed al-Gendy’s new comic blockbuster.
It's difficult to complain about a combination of friends, beaches, live music and good vibes, especially if you hail from Cairo.
Throughout the film’s multi-layered body a suppressed steaming power boils inside, looking for a crack to explode out of.
Amany Ali Shawky, Jenifer Evans and Andeel each give their views on Marwan Hamed's massive psychological thriller.
The Citizen Kane of Egyptian cinema, a technical masterpiece with a formidable reputation and an unhurried pace
Embratoreyet Meen? (Whose Empire?), one of the television series screened this Ramadan, is a light and family-oriented black comedy that narrates a version of the January 25 revolution and its…
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