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.
Karim Goury revels in the new feature from Swedish Egyptian director Tarik Saleh.
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.
Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.
Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in English.
Fouad Mami on hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah's new book, "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated."
Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.
A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline of her once prominent family.
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
Sherine Elbanhawy finds that Mohamed Metwalli’s newly-translated poetry collection is the perfect form of escapism.
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.
Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and power in 1920s Egypt.
Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in Palestine.