Mohamed Shawky Hassan analyzes the complexities of representation and reality in Egypt's Ramadan TV.
Naira Antoun takes the occasion of the Ramadan series "Soqoot Horr" (Free Fall to reflect on the portrayal and understanding of mental health.
By sexing up a Naguib Mahfouz novel, the makers of this Ramadan's "Afrah al-Qobba" distort its evocative appeal.
Heba Afify expected that “The Caesar" would bring much-needed nuance to the representation of terrorism in Sinai.
A man was sentenced to 6 months in prison on Wednesday after neighbors accused him of standing naked and sexually harassing women from his balcony during the holy…
A Juhayna ad was said to include sexual innuendoes and promote “unrealistic results,” suggesting that the company’s milk is better than mothers’…
A video released by Al-Watan news portal documents a raid conducted by plainclothed police officers on a Cairo cafe in the first week of Ramadan. In…
Law student Safaa Ahmed died during an exam in a garage without air conditioning and thousands of fellow students at Assiut University…
Eating and drinking in public during Ramadan is not a matter of personal freedom, Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta said in a new edict…
Egyptian authorities have agreed to open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing for a two-way flow of people and goods for…
«As Ramadan approaches each year, I begin to get nervous about a phenomenon that is as characteristic to the holy month as soap-watching marathons have become:…»
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