EMISSARIES is a new volume of original, irreverent short stories from Cairo-based author Youssef Rakha. Meet him and...
21 JUNE 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Zein El-Amine reviews the first collection of "original, irreverent" short stories written in English by Egyptian writer Youssef...
19 JUNE 2023 • By Zein El-Amine
Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...
29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
Sally AlHaq reviews the recent book by Yasmin El-Rifae on the history of sexual assault in Tahrir Square...
15 MAY 2023 • By Sally AlHaq
Katie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.
13 MARCH 2023 • By Katie Logan
An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
A young Egyptian woman comes of age at the dawn of the Arab uprising in Cairo, but ultimately...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Lushik Lotus Lee
Karim Goury revels in the new feature from Swedish Egyptian director Tarik Saleh.
15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Karim Goury
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
10 OCTOBER 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."
26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Youssef Manessa
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Barrak Alzaid
A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Mohamed Radwan