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An Egyptian Story that’s a Thousand Years Old
Egyptians’ greatest achievements aren’t the pyramids of Giza, nor are they the treasures of Egypt’s most famous king,…
A Text Abandoned by its Characters: An Excerpt
Sahar stomped into the apartment slamming the door behind her, leaving only its echo in the deserted stairwell.…
The Crocodiles: An Excerpt
Set against the backdrop of a burning Tahrir Square, The Crocodiles is narrated in numbered, poem-like prose paragraphs…
Tahrir Plays: Beyond Orientalist Depictions of Arab Theater
The actress Tina Benko (Midsummer Night’s Dream, Desdemona, The Avengers) strides onto the stage. Its lights are dimmed,…
Poems
Metamorphoses Each of them was transformed into an animal That one turned into a dog and became loyal…
Heavier Than Radwa: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Heavier The Radwa (2014) From Chapter Sixteen: In the Time of Revolution, 197–198 We must…
Tribute to Radwa Ashour
Radwa Ashour was not just a writer. Like the powerful female characters in her books, she…
Get Adapted
With Egypt’s reigning queen of scriptwriting: Mariam Na‘oum Daring, determined, and ambitious, Egyptian scriptwriter Mariam Na‘oum’s string of…
Festival d’Angoulême
Magdy El Shafee et Shennawy sont deux pionniers dans le champ de la bande dessinée égyptienne. Chacun à…