Lina Attalah

Identities reexamined
Art news

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tactical mapping

In Gijon, a small town in northern Spain, a group of architects, artists, programmers and researchers convened around mapping practices…
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