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Reading Egypt from the Outside In, Youssef Rakha’s “Baraa and Zaman”

Reading Egypt from the Outside In, Youssef Rakha’s “Baraa and Zaman”

Baraa and Zaman:  Reading Egyptian Modernity in Shadi Abdel Salam’s The Mummy , by Youssef Rakha Palgrave 2020...

24 AUGUST 2021 • By Rana Haddad
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
Making a Film in Gaza

Making a Film in Gaza

The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.

14 JULY 2021 • By Elana Golden
Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.

16 MAY 2021 • By Claudia Wiens
Revolution in Art, a review of “Reflections” at the British Museum

Revolution in Art, a review of “Reflections” at the British Museum

Malu Halasa reviews a selection of the 170 Arab, Iranian and Turkish artists and artworks in the British...

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Malu Halasa
Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”

Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”

“Gamal was convinced that Egypt, mother of the world, would spawn a new era—when Arabs, the wretched of...

27 DECEMBER 2020 • By
Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

A Land Like You gives a palpable sense of a community that could not have imagined its own...

4 OCTOBER 2020 • By India Hixon Radfar
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