Lina Attalah
Identities reexamined
Art news
November 17, 2009
Identities reexamined
A project of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia’s Artists in Residence program, Where Are You? is a contemporary art…
US efforts to ‘democratize’ at stake
Egypt
November 15, 2009
US efforts to ‘democratize’ at stake
US government efforts to support civil intervention in Egypt as a part of democratic reform have been subject to questions…
Diaries from the Heart of the Empire
Books
November 14, 2009
Diaries from the Heart of the Empire
Zeinab Abul-Magd did not take her move to Oberlin, Ohio in the rural American Midwest easily. Abul-Magd, a professor of…
Alexandria colonel convicted of torture: What comes next?
Egypt
November 12, 2009
Alexandria colonel convicted of torture: What comes next?
On the wall of his room, Ragai Sultan has a black and white photograph of his father, who served in…
Flu prevention measures vary school to school
Egypt
November 7, 2009
Flu prevention measures vary school to school
Despite the disparity of swine flu pandemic preparedness between public and private schools, the hype of schools’ closure has reached…
Remembering Fouad Haddad: Poet of the everyday
Culture
November 3, 2009
Remembering Fouad Haddad: Poet of the everyday
Last Friday at the premises of Prince Taz palace, (under the umbrella of the culture development fund) lyrics of renowned…
Standing up to garbage
Egypt
October 28, 2009
Standing up to garbage
At the Sawy Cultural space in Zamalek, young men and women lined up with portable baskets bearing a sign that…
Gamal Mubarak and the power of Web 2.0
Egypt
October 26, 2009
Gamal Mubarak and the power of Web 2.0
Gamal Mubarak, the head of the ruling National Democratic Party’s policy secretariat spoke in the second online youth gathering yesterday,…
The Generals Speak
Books
August 12, 2009
The Generals Speak
Journalist Wendell Steavenson is not the god-narrator in her latest release, The Weight of a Mustard Seed. She is instead…
Tactical mapping
Egypt
August 6, 2009
Tactical mapping
In Gijon, a small town in northern Spain, a group of architects, artists, programmers and researchers convened around mapping practices…