Ali Abdel Mohsen
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"Tear gas canisters return to Tahrir," announces the front page of Sunday’s Al-Shorouk; the paper, like most of the day’s news publications, leads with Saturday’s eruption of violence after attempts by state security...
A man walks into a hospital, asking to be admitted as a patient into the neurology department. The receptionist apologizes and politely informs the man that this particular hospital does not have a neurology department. The man responds by pulling...
The fourth day of Eid proves to be somewhat of a slow news day, as indicated by the lack of focus in the headlines of the nation’s leading publications, several of which feature soccer and film stories on their front pages.
State-owned Al-...
At first thought, it may seem odd that the Egyptian film industry rarely produces horror movies. The ingredients are all there: the public is, for the most part, superstitious enough to lend credence to any number of hokey, exploitative story lines...
While most papers lead with the ongoing crisis between the nation’s judges and lawyers, state-run Al-Ahram reports on the two-day extension granted by the High Elections Commission to prospective parliamentary candidates in order to avoid...
History is rife with instances in which art was used to deliver a specific message or set of beliefs; one of the most fascinating examples is Coptic iconography - an art form that first came to life in ancient Egypt.
“The Eternal Eye,”...
“Massacre,” “tragedy,” “bloodbath” and “conspiracy” are words that appear, prominently and repeatedly, on the front pages of all of Tuesday’s papers - all except for state-owned Al-Ahram, that is...
On 6 October, a small crowd of inventors, artists, designers and engineers gathered at the American University in Cairo to attend Maker Faire Africa 2011. The third edition of a three-day annual event devoted to the encouragement of innovation and...
While long weekends are usually reserved for frying one’s brain cells, this year’s 6 October holiday offers a unique opportunity for a more productive sort of stimulation – while still having fun. For the first time ever, Maker...
Remember that iconic scene from sci-fi classic “The Rebel,” when Neo and Trinity are preparing for a daring rescue operation? She asks him what they’ll need to pull it off, and he replies with a super-quotable line before an entire...
