Talk Like An Egyptian
Learning Arabic in Cairo after the Arab Spring.
Egypt
Inside the Strange Saga of a Cairo Novelist Imprisoned for Obscenity
Ahmed Naji’s novel was not overtly political, but the “protagonist performs cunnilingus, rolls hash joints and gulps from bottles of vodka” which led a lawyer to press charges against him for causing a fluctuation in his blood pressure when the novel was excerpted in a Cairo newspaper, even though it had been approved by censors.
The Factory of Fakes
How a Madrid workshop is perfecting the art of copying imperiled art, from Egyptian tombs to Renaissance paintings.
Who Murdered Giulio Regeni?
When the battered body of a Cambridge Ph.D. student was found outside Cairo, Egyptian police claimed he had been hit by a car. Then they said he was the victim of a robbery. Then they blamed a conspiracy against Egypt. But in a digital age, it’s harder than ever to get away with murder.
Welcome to the Land That No Country Wants
On a small section of land wedged between Egypt and Sudan called Bir Tawil and the American who tried to claim it for himself.
The Unlikely Revolutionary
A father’s search for meaning and justice five years after his son was killed during the Tahrir Square uprising.
Who Killed the 20th Century’s Greatest Spy?
Who was Ashraf Marwan working for when he fell to his death from the balcony of a London flat?
Learning to Speak Lingerie
A Chinese underwear merchant rises in Egypt.
Mursi's Downfall
An inside account of the Egyptian leader’s last day in power.
Survivors
On the lives of street kids.
The Man Behind Bin Laden
A profile of Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who became Bin Laden’s #2 and has now taken over Al-Qaeda.
'Volcano of Rage'
On the structural underpinnings of the revolts currently shaking the Arab world.
Revolution U
What Egypt learned from the students who overthrew Milosevic. “The Serbs are not the usual highly paid consultants in suits from wealthy countries; they look more like, well, cocky students. They bring a cowboy swagger. They radiate success. Everyone they teach wants to do what the Serbs did.”
Why Egypt's Progressives Win
An opinion piece on the structural causes of unrest in Egypt; the business fraternity, globalization, and the fate of Egyptian women.
The Novelist and the Sheikh
On the Cairo knifing of 82-year-old Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz and its aftermath.
‘Mubarak, Mubarak, What Have You Done?
February 1st, 2011. Tahrir Square, Cairo.
Mubarak’s Last Breath
A primer on Egypt’s political landscape.
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Islam’s Answer to MTV
A new Egyptian TV channel called 4Shbab—“for youth” in Arabic—aims to get young people interested in Islam through music videos and reality shows.
