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“I don’t usually watch these types of shows,” Abu Ahmed said, frowning as he flipped through television channels. “But I need to know which one of these jackasses is soon going to be riding me.”
The first half of the 51...
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With approximately 80 million in the country, 18 million of whom are woven into the streets and buildings of Cairo, the traffic of the...
There’s something infuriating about Otaak Band. Their CD release party at the Cairo Jazz Club — which saw six musicians huddled in a corner stage, surrounded by more than twice their number in instruments — resulted in a...
Despite the continued controversies surrounding the upcoming presidential election, Sunday’s front pages are dedicated to what Al-Akhbar describes as a “significant crisis with Saudi Arabia.” The state-owned paper is not alone in...
"You need to get a lot louder, because I can't hear you at all. Now, let's try it again: Hazem will rip out America's fangs!" His brow shiny with sweat, the man lowers his microphone and smiles broadly as the response comes...
For the first time since the one-year anniversary of the 25 January uprising, Tahrir Square will again become a unifying point for varying and increasingly conflicting ideologies.
With the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party...
The exclusion of 10 presidential hopefuls from the upcoming race remains at the forefront of local news Thursday.
"We found no reason to accept the barred candidates' perceived injustices," is the explanation provided by the...
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With approximately 80 million in the country, 18 million of whom are woven into the streets and buildings of Cairo, the traffic of the...
It is difficult to describe exactly what you are doing when you go to one of Ant Hampton’s theater pieces. Is it performing? Is it passively experiencing a work of art? Could you say you “saw” a play? Or would you say that you...
Despite previous assertions to the contrary, the Muslim Brotherhood has put forward a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections — a development that dominates Sunday's front pages in more ways than one. Having gone to press before...
