Naira Antoun
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Naira is a freelance writer and youth worker. You can read more of her writings on her blog, naira's as if: http://nairaantoun.wordpress.com.
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The crowd gathers quickly. In a burst of color and sound, the troupe drums, sings and dances, leading the growing crowd until they settle on a spot. The actors — each dressed in monocolor, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white and one in...
A number of short films, ten in all, by upcoming Egyptian directors, each made within the past two years is showing as part of Hal Badeel (Alternative Solution) Festival for Arts in Downtown Cairo tonight.
The organizers of the festival, supported...
Although billions of pounds have been invested in Egypt’s infrastructure, the majority of the nation’s poorest citizens continue to be deprived of adequate housing, local services and transport.
It is no wonder then that...
In a sense, the text of a play is incomplete. It is written to be performed, more than to be simply read.
And in this way, “staging plays is always an act of translation,” as actor and professor of drama Mahmoud El Lozy argues in a talk...
A woman recounts her experience of sexual violence to you. It may be tempting if she is crying to tell her not to cry. It may be tempting to touch or hug her as well or try to help her feel better.
But these instinctive reactions have no place when...
There is barely a media outlet in Egypt that has not covered sexual violence in the wake of violations and rapes in Tahrir Square. From Salafi satellite channels to privately-owned liberal ONTV, and from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and...
The photographs of the fields, some romantically clouded with mist, the donkeys, the palm trees, the expanses of crops. Greens and stillness.
The photographs of the bustling markets, the crowded streets with cars, motorbikes, people all seemingly on...
What’s the first thing that comes to your head when you hear the word Bedouin? For many of us, it is a fairly predictable variation on hospitality, nomadic lifestyle, tradition and camels.
And if you go on a desert trip spending a few days...
Last Friday’s protests and subsequent clashes in front of the Ettehadiya Presidential Palace, underscored by the security forces’ assault of protester Hamada Saber, saw opposition groups — notably, the April 6 Youth Movement...
The place is bustling, as it is most nights. And there is pretty much no one here who would have stepped through the doors before the revolution.
The previous head of the General Nubian Club, Mosaad Herky, was closely affiliated with the then-ruling...
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