Alexandria

Youssra El Hawary’s Taraddud—Sound as Survival

Youssra El Hawary’s Taraddud—Sound as Survival

In Egypt where nationalist anthems are weaponized and satire becomes grounds for persecution, Taraddud stands as an act...

17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Salma Harland
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.

27 SEPTEMBER 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...

6 SEPTEMBER 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...

5 JULY 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...

3 MAY 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...

15 FEBRUARY 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...

24 JANUARY 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.

8 AUGUST 2021 • By Danielle Haque
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