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Analysis
The Man Behind the Lens: Youssef Chahine’s Hidden Actor Within
How an unfulfilled acting ambition shaped one of Arab cinema’s most controlling and visionary directors By Yehia Khalifa In his…
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Upper Egypt
Voices from Egypt’s High Dam: 55 Years of Stories from the Builders Who Made History
The Aswan High Dam stands as one of the world’s most ambitious engineering projects. On its 55th anniversary, the Egyptian…
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Lower Egypt
Alexandria Footnotes Walking Tours: A City That Doesn’t Reveal Its Secrets Easily
By Mirna Gohar Exploring Alexandria’s hidden layers through footnotes walking tours If nostalgia were a dish of food, what would…
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Daoud Abdel Sayed (1946-2025): Egyptian Film Director Who Taught Me to Love Wisdom, Stories, and Life
A Personal Eulogy for the Auteur Filmmaker Behind ‘Land of Fear’ and ‘Messages from the Sea’ By Yahya Khalifa When…
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Lower Egypt
Art Deco Architecture in Alexandria: Why This 100-Year-Old Style Still Matters Today
A century ago, Alexandria became an unexpected laboratory for Art Deco—the world’s first truly global architectural style. European architects fleeing…
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Lower Egypt
Egypt on a Plate: The Cross-Country Story of Koshari, a New UNESCO Heritage Icon
Following the official recognition of Egyptian Koshari on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage lists, the dish transcends its status as mere…
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Greater Cairo
Guests at the sixth edition of the Climate Forum: Priority must be given to planet Earth
Two days ago, Diwan Library, in collaboration with Wales, organized the sixth edition of the Climate Forum at the Cultural…
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Greater Cairo
Baligh Hamdy: A brilliant beginning and a dramatic end
His name was Baligh Abdelhamid Hamdy Morsi. He was born on October 7, 1932, on Tawfiqia Street in Rod al-Farag,…
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Analysis
Sonallah Ibrahim answers the question: How do I write?
It is not easy for a writer to talk about his experience, because when he does, it is like cutting…
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Analysis
Profile | Sonallah Ibrahim: My Experience as a Novelist
I have tried my best to avoid talking about this subject, for the simple reason that I believe that two…
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