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Worldtown Happenings :: Land in Focus
April 8, 2011 – 7:12 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Happenings :: Land in Focus

Last night, I attended Land in Focus’s special country series showcasing a full cultural spectrum of arts with a regional dimension. Land in Focus highlights the films and cultures of countries from Latin America, …

Interview :: Witnessing Tahrir’s Moment
February 12, 2011 – 5:36 pm | One Comment
Interview :: Witnessing Tahrir’s Moment

“We did not make the revolution, no one has made it. The ‘Tahririans’ - if we can name it that - have made it”.

February 11, 2011 - after 18 days of continuous protest, Egypt is …

Worldtown Hearsay :: The Poetry of Revolt
February 7, 2011 – 1:23 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Poetry of Revolt

There is nothing unusual about poetry playing a galvanizing role in a revolutionary moment.

Day 14. Each day dedicated to a claim. To reprise the movement. Day 14 was the “Day of Martyrs”. Despite these bleak …

Notes On The Egypt We Don’t Know
January 30, 2011 – 11:47 pm | No Comment
Notes On The Egypt We Don’t Know

Every one has a theory on what it means to be Egyptian right now. Defiant, aggrieved, oppressed, tired, agitated, fighters,vehement, fearless, revolutionaries, ready. Few seem to see the long and difficult process that led to this …

Pass the “Microphone” in Alexandria
October 20, 2010 – 10:17 pm | No Comment
Pass the “Microphone” in Alexandria

“Microphone” is the new production by Egyptian director Ahmad Abdalla. Using documentary style through a fictionalized narrative, Microphone tells the story of Alexandria’s underground music scene. However, Abdalla changes - or so we’re told - …

Worldtown Hearsay :: Egypt is in Africa
April 19, 2010 – 8:35 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Egypt is in Africa

This is just worth repeating.

Chillin’ and Chai :: A Letter from Egypt
July 27, 2009 – 8:11 am | No Comment
Chillin’ and Chai :: A Letter from Egypt

It is easier to guard your tongue where there is no one to talk to. On a daily basis I will have a handful of conversations which I more or less will not understand. Language barriers suck, but they also force you to re-evaluate everything you say, and if it’s not necessarily important, you most likely won’t bother.