Following the Scent of Egypt’s Jasmine
In the Nile Delta, farming the redolent vine is both a tradition and a vital way to make a living.
Cairo Film Festival Roars Back With Humanist Focus, Populist Flair
After going dark last year due to the war in Gaza, the Cairo Film Festival now returns with a super-sized program and a more ...
Palestinian Filmmaker Rashid Masharawi Talks Opening Cairo Film Festival With ‘Passing Dreams’: ‘Hope Is Part of the Resistance’
Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi opens the Cairo Film Festival with the world premiere of his new film 'Passing Dreams.
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They created a musical about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Today’s activists are listening
Pro-Palestinian and other modern activists are resonating this new musical about a group of Egyptian college students during ...
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A Pharaoh’s Playground: The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens GEM Childrens Museum
While there, I interviewed one of the key creatives, Ayman El Sayed, Senior Manager of Education Programs and developer of ...
New study reveals ancient Nile tributary helped transport stone blocks for Egypt's pyramids
The research, identified a tunnel that connected the pyramids of Giza. The tunnel has been identified as an ancient Nile branch, known as the Ahramat.
Opinion
To Understand Egypt, Meet My Friend, a Political Prisoner
When we were younger, my friend Alaa Abd El Fattah and I didn’t know just how intimately prison, and state violence, would shape our lives.
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On a Nostalgic Journey Up the Coast of Kenya, From Mombasa to Lamu
Selina Denman charts the story of this part of East Africa--where African, Arab and European influences merge--as well as her own chapter in it.