All posts tagged "revolution"

“I was always tempted by Cairo—the Mother of Stories.” In the novel ‘Confessions of a Knight Errant:...

An event that changed the fate of Egypt forever. The 23rd of July in 1952 was the...

Unrelenting and unforgiving is the Arab experience. From wet womb to war-torn, Arab children are born into...

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

The Egyptian Public Prosecution issued a statement on Thursday, 28 July, dismissing the allegations of mistreatment and...

A champion of women’s rights and freedom was none other than Gazbeia Sirry. Born in 1925, raised...

“أنتِ جميلة كوطن محرر وأنا متعب كوطن محتل” – مريد البرغوثي لرضوى عاشور “you’re as beautiful as...

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

Egypt’s soul is in constant evolution; its streets are a jigsaw-swing of different crowds and its name...

A familiar face in history, but one often overlooked in the books: Mohamed Naguib. One of the...

25 January, Eid El Shorta (Police Day), of 2011 fell on a Tuesday. I was sitting next...

  “From my mother, I inherited a stone cake, and, from my father, a prison cell.” –...

On the 11th anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 revolution, emotional tides that are often buried with the...

Bread has a long and arduous history of being the trigger for uprisings and revolutions across the...

Egypt is no stranger to unrest – rather, it seems to embrace the instability with enough grace...

Café Riche is a cozy temple for the initiated: strangers gather in clusters, exchange book briefs under...

 You may know him from the days of 2011, but Ganzeer is far more than a...