All posts tagged "colonialism"

The Arab world is rarely thought of as a hotspot for science fiction. The kinds of Arab...

Renowned Egyptian journalist, Mohamed Hassenein Heikal once stated, ‘modern Egyptians can feel ancient Egypt better than any...

Every street corner in Cairo tells the story of a cosmopolitan past. From international communities to foreign...

“Her connections with the past were now cut forever, so why should she retain her name?” –...

Looming over Paris is the oldest monument in France: one of two Luxor obelisks meant to stand...

Propaganda posters were once one of the primary modes of information dissemination during the twentieth century. Looking...

Image Credit:اسكندرية 1900/Facebook During the British occupation of Egypt, to be colonial was to be elite: to...

Napoleon slams a hand down, rattling ink bottles and challenging the conviction of his lieutenants. Word has...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific...

Mohamed Naguib stands over a crowd. It’s 1952, and the street is a flood of vibrant compassion...

It was the early 1950s, and the voice of Umm Kalthoum echoed throughout the region to awaken...

  Fabrication, twisted facts, and misinformation are some of the greatest weapons against progress and justice. At...

When a tragic blast hit the city of Beirut in early August, killing nearly 200 and injuring...

A month on from the killing of George Floyd – an innocent Black man – at the...

Today, Egypt commemorates the anniversary of the 23 July Revolution of 1952. Although, at this point, Egypt...