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  • Two large posters of President el-Sisi above a large road bridge.
    Public space in Egypt

    Cairo is becoming unwalkable

    Cairo's footpaths are disappearing, its public spaces are shrinking and its trees are being uprooted to make way for car-focused infrastructure and urban sprawl. For pedestrians, the city has become a hostile place.

  • People gather to hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration organized upon the invitation of the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brothers in Amman, Jordan on October 10, 2023. (Photo: Picture Alliance/ Laith Al-jnaidi / Anadolu)
    Political Islam in Jordan

    What's next for the Muslim Brotherhood?

    An official ban on the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has brought the movement to a critical crossroads. Its political arm is struggling to preserve its platform and avoid the fate of its counterparts in Egypt and Tunisia.

  • Sudanese Camirata troupe founder Dafallah el-Hag performs during a show at the Russian culture center in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Photo: Picture Alliance /AP /Amr Nabil)
    Sudanese music in Cairo

    Finding joy in the face of war

    While war rages at home, for Sudanese wedding singers in exile in Cairo, celebration has become a form of resistance.

  • Ein Mann und eine Frau kauern auf der Bühne, die nur schwach beleuchtet ist.
    "Carmen" on the Egyptian stage

    Rewritten to fit the patriarchal script

    A stage production of "Carmen", adapted from Prosper Mérimée's French novella, has captured the attention of audiences and critics in Cairo. While the French novella portrayed Carmen as a free-spirited rebel, the Egyptian adaptation tells a different story.

  • A man riding a motorbike with a dog in the sidecar.
    Egyptian cinema

    Three films on memory, loss and state violence

    At this year's ALFILM Festival in Berlin, a unique trio of Egyptian films explored the impacts of trauma and authoritarian rule on everyday lives. A review of "Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo", "Perfumed with Mint" and "Abo Zaabal 89".

  • A burnt out truck full of trash bags. On the window frame a sign reads "Here lies Mubark's government!"
    Egyptian author Youssef Rakha

    "The Cairo I've known is being eroded"

    Youssef Rakha revisits Egypt's 2011 uprising and its aftermath in "The Dissenters", the author's first novel written in English. The Arab Spring failed, he argues in this interview, because it was a neoliberal movement with no compelling vision for the future.

  • A man behind a wire panel holds his hands up to mimic taking a photograph.
    New anthology "Imprisoning a Revolution"

    Egypt's political prisoners speak

    A new anthology gathers the words, drawings and memories of Egyptian prisoners—some well-known, many anonymous—who document life inside the carceral state.

  • A man walks in the narrow streets of the spice market.
    Cairo's Jewish Quarter

    The neighbourhood that shaped a nation

    In his new book, Egyptian author Ahmed Zakaria Zaki explores the 19th-century history of Cairo's Jewish Quarter, tracing the social transformations within the city's Jewish community and its reaction to the emergent Zionist movement.

  • Men wearing lawyers' gowns protest in a crowd.
    Civil society since the Arab Spring

    Europe must support the agents of change

    Civil society organisations in West Asia and North Africa face widespread repression. But instead of supporting activists on the ground, European policymakers continue to prop up autocratic regimes.

  • The Syrian actor Lojain Ismail in Muawiya's series.
    TV series "Muawiya"

    Historical Ramadan drama fuels controversy

    The Saudi-produced television series “Muawiya” emerged as a talking point during Ramadan, sparking debate throughout the Middle East. Both Iran and Iraq have banned the show which charts the life of one of the most controversial figures in Islamic history.

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    Samia Mehrez's "The Many Lives of Ibrahim Nagui"

    Reframing a divided legacy

    Ibrahim Nagui was a pioneer of Egyptian romantic poetry. In this new part-biography, part-memoir, his granddaughter Samia Mehrez offers an intimate view of his work and influence.

  • A man at a book fair reads the back of a book he is holding.
    Global publishing bias

    Who defines "world literature"?

    German publishers of "world literature" still prioritise Western works. With limited translations, lack of media attention and stereotypes in publishing, authors outside Europe and the US rarely get the attention they deserve.

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