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Photographer Mohamed Mahdy—Artist at Work

Photographer Mohamed Mahdy—Artist at Work

A world-renowned artist believes citizen photojournalism empowers communities to tell their own stories, giving it significant power.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 • By Marianne Roux
Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Maha Al Aswad
The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Bel Parker
A Proustian Alexandria

A Proustian Alexandria

Claiming a past that never existed previously in the city, nostalgia overwhelms the inhabitants of Alexandria, writes Mohamed...

MAY 3, 2024 • By Mohamed Gohar
The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.

The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.

An Egyptian American daughter recalls the enduring love her immigrant father harbored for Los Angeles and the American...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
Arabic and Latin, Cosmopolitan Languages of the Premodern Mediterranean and its Hinterlands

Arabic and Latin, Cosmopolitan Languages of the Premodern Mediterranean and its Hinterlands

Justin Stearns, a scholar of the pre-modern Muslim Middle East, reviews the new book by Karla Mallette on...

JANUARY 24, 2022 • By Nouha Homad
Egypt Dreams of Revolution, a Review of “Slipping”

Egypt Dreams of Revolution, a Review of “Slipping”

Mohamed Kheir’s oneiric novel takes readers on a journey around Egypt after the failed Arab Spring.

AUGUST 8, 2021 • By Danielle Haque
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