Articles tagged with: egypt
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, …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 - …
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.
