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Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.

OCTOBER 10, 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”

The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”

Deborah Kapchan reviews the new book on translation from Anna Aslanyan.

OCTOBER 10, 2022 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

OCTOBER 5, 2022 • By
Marrakesh Artist Mo Baala Returns to Galerie 127 with Collage

Marrakesh Artist Mo Baala Returns to Galerie 127 with Collage

El Habib Louai talks to artist Mo Baala about his latest exhibition of collages and overpaintings at Marrakesh's...

OCTOBER 3, 2022 • By Mark LeVine
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.

OCTOBER 3, 2022 • By Tugrul Mende
A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria

A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria

Ghazi Gheblawi reviews "The Darkness Inside," a literary thriller set in the world of social media and foreign...

OCTOBER 3, 2022 • By Nadje Al-Ali
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

In a new three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi lays bare the surveillance state.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”

The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”

Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Youssef Manessa
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands

Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean

Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean

Nora Ounnas Leroy talks to three Moroccan artists participating in a Montpellier incubator project through the Festival Arabesques.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
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