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

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

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

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Diana Abbani
Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

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...

15 JULY 2022 • By Laila Halaby
Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?

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."

11 JULY 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

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

20 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin

“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin

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

15 JUNE 2022 • By Amany Kamal Eldin
Siena and Her Art Soothe a Writer’s Grieving Soul

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.

25 APRIL 2022 • By TMR
Mohamed Metwalli’s “A Song by the Aegean Sea” Reviewed

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.

28 MARCH 2022 • By janinedigiovanni
Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

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...

24 JANUARY 2022 • By Yahia Dabbous
“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda

“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda

Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Omar Foda
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

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

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt

The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt

  Nevine Abraham Growing up in Shoubra, one of the most populated Christian suburbs of Cairo, I met...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Nevine Abraham
Shelf Life: The Irreverent Nadia Wassef

Shelf Life: The Irreverent Nadia Wassef

For a brutally honest look at what it’s been like to run a business and raise a family...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By janinedigiovanni
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