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Ramadan Fasting: Ditching Overconsumption for Mindfulness and Self-Discipline

As I stir from bed around noon, contemplating how many more hours I still have to go without coffee, I blindly grab for my...

Dina Khadr30 March 2023
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How Arabs Are Being Represented in Entertainment: Are Orientalist Tropes Still Pervasive?

Dina Khadr22 March 2023
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Egyptian Compounds: a Culture of Communal Living or Class Solidarity?

Amina Abdel-Halim19 March 2023
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How Facebook Overlooks Egypt’s Female Genital Mutilation Epidemic

Nadine Elsayed17 March 2023
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Revivals, Remakes, and the Art of Recycled Media in Egypt

Amina Abdel-Halim28 February 2023
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    Ramadan Fasting: Ditching Overconsumption for Mindfulness and Self-Discipline

    As I stir from bed around noon, contemplating how many more hours I still have to go...

    Dina Khadr 30 March 2023
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    How Arabs Are Being Represented in Entertainment: Are Orientalist Tropes Still Pervasive?

    “Oh, you guys party in Egypt? Women, too?” is a question I’ve had repeated to me innumerable...

    Dina Khadr 22 March 2023
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    Egyptian Compounds: a Culture of Communal Living or Class Solidarity?

    At the gate, a security guard taps my friend’s car with two fingers. When we roll down...

    Amina Abdel-Halim 19 March 2023
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    How Facebook Overlooks Egypt’s Female Genital Mutilation Epidemic

    Growing up in Egypt, female genital mutilation (FGM) was to me, a woman, a well-known, much-feared and...

    Nadine Elsayed 17 March 2023
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    Revivals, Remakes, and the Art of Recycled Media in Egypt

    MBC announced its upcoming Ramadan series Souq El Kanto on 23 February. Starring Amir Karara in the...

    Amina Abdel-Halim 28 February 2023
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    Why Taking Yourself Out on a Date Should Be Normalized in Egypt

    Table for one, please. Recently, I started a weekly ritual: to take myself for Matcha at my...

    Farah Rafik 8 February 2023
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    Why Khairy Beshara’s Cult Classics Are More Relevant Now Than Ever

    Downtown Cairo’s Zawya Arthouse Cinema is currently hosting its Khairy Beshara Retrospective program, celebrating the Egyptian auteur’s...

    Amina Abdel-Halim 22 January 2023
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    Why the ‘Sayes’ Should Not be an Occupation

    A rare sight — I’m driving in Cairo on a busy Thursday night. As I approach the...

    Marina Makary 19 January 2023
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    New Year Resolutions — I’m Better Off Without Them

    Expectations, ambitions, hopes, and goals — all set for the new year. But by the end of...

    Marina Makary 4 January 2023
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    Messi and the Bisht: a Double Standard Reserved Uniquely for the Arab World?

    Lionel Messi has finally earned himself and Argentina a World Cup title. While he was on stage...

    Amina Zaineldine 22 December 2022
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    Wegz Did What Myriam Fares Would Not: Why ‘Ezz El Arab’ Beats ‘Tukoh Taka’

    From Queen’s iconic ‘We Are The Champions’ and Ricky Martin’s electric ‘The Cup of Life’, to Shakira’s...

    Amina Zaineldine 21 December 2022
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    Forced Forgetting and the Power of Resilience as Overarching Themes in CIFFs 44th Edition

    Throughout history, films have always been a tool for instilling inspiration and driving social change. Whether in...

    Farah Rafik 6 December 2022
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    Egypt’s Getting a Facelift: Modernity or Gentrification?

    Egyptian gentrification politics are devoid of nuance, and more often than not, also devoid of empathy. Though...

    Mona Abdou 30 October 2022
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    How Tragedy and Hope Prevail in Lebanon

    Why do Americans yearn for the romance of Paris? Why do young men in Lahore dream of...

    Nour Taha 7 October 2022
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    Why Is It So Hard to Acknowledge Fathers’ Mental Health?

    It starts with detachment. Silent family dinners, prolonged absence, missed phone calls. Anxiously waiting for the doorbell...

    Mirna Abdulaal 23 September 2022
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    El-Sheikh Emam: The Story of a Rebel, as Told Through My Family’s Love for his Songs

    In a family car roaring down a European highway, an Egyptian couple inserts a USB drive into...

    Amina Zaineldine 29 August 2022
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    The Illusion of Egyptian Women’s Safety at University

    On a crisp winter Cairo day, before the first COVID-19 quarantine struck, I got catcalled during my...

    Salma Hamed 27 August 2022
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