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Al-Mutanabbi Street Continues Here
A Broken Heart On March 5, 2007, al-Mutanabbi Street was busy with booksellers, men, women, and young boys…
For the Love of Art
A deathbed request from the former premier singer in King Farouk’s orchestra leads a Cairo-born Greek painter to…
Hip-hop is Poetry over Beats
An interview with Egyptian rapper Mohammed Eldeeb Sitting with Mohammed Eldeeb (or just Deeb) all the stereotypes and…
Hilda and Vivi
Excerpt from Three Ladies in Cairo “I wanted to talk to you about Ingrid.” “Yes?” “It’s just that…
Pearl
She has always been slow to move, languidly flipping and splashing in her warm pool. Today, she’s given…
The Darkness Within
It had been a few years since the Darkness started showing itself and taking over our lands. People…
Hope Like Stars
Every day I try not to drown. Every day I try to breathe. Every day I try to…
Frankenstein in Baghdad
An interview with Ahmed Saadawi Ahmed Saadawi is a man who believes that one should never stop asking…
Cairo: The Mother of the World
At the beginning of this journey back to Cairo in April 2009, I ask myself: after a twenty-five-year…
Spikeyhead
Everything I thought I knew about myself is a lie, my name is Shawn Namson, or should I…