"My goal was not to paint the places as they are. I paint the energy that emerges from them," Riham El-Sadany comments on Scent of Egypt, her latest exhibition taking place at Gallery Misr, between 18 December 2016 and 4 January 2017.
The display is (...)
The first edition of Between Cadres (BECA) – Egypt Comix Week – which will take place between 22 and 27 September across Cairo and Alexandria, is the first large scale event in Egypt dedicated to comics.
Organised by the Goethe and French (...)
Al-nukhba wal-thawra (Elite and Revolution: State, political Islam, nationalism and liberalism) by Nabil Abdel-Fattah, Cairo: Dar Al-Ain, 2013. 400pp.
The title of Abdel-Fattah's work is revealing and timely, as the situation in Egypt is confused (...)
Egyptians have become used to policemen asking for tips in return for forgiving a parking ticket, but they could not get used to the arbitrary detention, torture and sometimes death of friends and family at the hands of police.
The choice of the (...)
