The book "The Era of the Cinema Club" by Amir Al-Amri, published by the Egyptian General Book Authority, delves deep into the experience of the cinema club in Cairo. An experience that the author believes is the most refined, complete, and deeply rooted of all similar cinema club experiences. He recounts his memories and impressions
The novel "The Fool's Revenge and The Tale of the Fisherman's Fish" by Hajjaj Adoul takes us to a bizarre world where there are strange celebratory rituals and societal norms concerning the very concept of work, alongside characters wrestling internally with good, evil, lust, virtue, and all the conflicting human drives deep
When anyone encounters a problem in life, this person has one of two choices: to collapse or to challenge. Collapse, anger or submission is an easy choice; you have to do nothing. The moment your life changes with a phone call, an accident, an x-ray or a blood test the easiest respond is to cry, scream yet do nothing to change it or resist.
The Egyptian artist Amir Wahib is an almost unique character with a special world in drawing, design and ideas. His journey in and outside Egypt - and what is between them – is glorious. I went to meet him in his studio to be my guest for a short interview, but the session was interesting and he talked about everything. Egypt and the
When the last parent departs their children mourn. Sorrow dominates the air. However, of all their off springs the is one whose grief is unlike her siblings especially when the father or mother reaches old age and so does this very child. It’s their first baby. This child who is steadily approaching her fifties lived a full life with
