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Tag: Cairo

15 November, 2022 • Karim Goury

The Chess Moves of Tarik Saleh’s Spy Thriller, Boy From Heaven

Karim Goury revels in the new feature from Swedish Egyptian director Tarik Saleh.

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10 October, 2022 • Mariam Elnozahy

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.

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26 September, 2022 • Aimee Dassa Kligman

The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”

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

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15 September, 2022 • Ahmed Awny, Rana Asfour

“What Are You Doing in Berlin?”—a short story by Ahmed Awny

Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.

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15 September, 2022 • Mohamed Radwan

Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck

A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.

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15 September, 2022 • Diana Abbani

Exile, Music, Hope & Nostalgia Among Berlin’s Arab Immigrants

Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.

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15 July, 2022 • Youssef Rakha

Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in English.

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11 July, 2022 • Fouad Mami

Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?

Fouad Mami on hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah's new book, "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated."

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20 June, 2022 • Ahmed Naji

Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.

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15 June, 2022 • Amany Kamal Eldin

Amany Kamal Eldin: “The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”

A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline of her once prominent family.

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25 April, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Siena and Her Art Soothe a Writer’s Grieving Soul

Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.

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28 March, 2022 • Sherine Elbanhawy

Mohamed Metwalli’s “A Song by the Aegean Sea” Reviewed

Sherine Elbanhawy finds that Mohamed Metwalli’s newly-translated poetry collection is the perfect form of escapism.

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24 January, 2022 • Yahia Dabbous

Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the regime's dismal human rights record, one writer sees through the smoke and mirrors.

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15 December, 2021 • Omar Foda

Turkish Delights

Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and power in 1920s Egypt.

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29 November, 2021 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in Palestine.

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