After the Battle, the new Yosri Nasrallah’s movie makes it to the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
Tracks of Cairo
Made by Alexander Brief and Johannes Roskamm Tracks of Cairo is a video road trip through the wide ranging music scene of Egypt’s capital in 2011, the year the Arab World’s uprisings began.
Listen to the sounds, the hopes and the disappointments of different Cairene musicians, with diverse music styles and backgrounds. Watch and listen to Fathy Salama, Mohamed Mounir, Wust el Balad, Dina El Wedidi, The Choir Project, Nass Makan, Maryam, Egyptronica, Mascara, Bikya and even more.
Where are the Children’s Books about the Arab Spring?
At this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, the most sought-after books were those about Arab revolutions. Titles about revolution, in Arabic and in English, have also dominated prime bookstore shelf space. And yet few revolutionary titles have appeared for children.
THE FRUIT OF REVOLUTION
Little over a year ago, no political analyst I know would have argued that the leaders of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Yemen would be deposed in the immediate future. This set of leaders, cumulatively, had been in office for more than 100 years. Nor would anyone have projected that there would be uprisings in Bahrain and Syria. Clearly, 2011 was the Year of Revolution in the Arab World.
I believe that Arab revolutions have started, that they are widespread, and that they will succeed. The price of success will vary from one country to the other and will, in almost all cases, be more costly than need be. Nevertheless, these revolutions will redefine the relationship between the governed and governing in the Arab world. That is a momentous achievement in and of itself.
The call of the curlew (novel and movie)
The end of 20th century brought about change in Egyptian state and the society. The year 1798, was the year in which Egypt was paid a visit from the French that triggered a series of important events. This is the year when Napoleon set his feet on the Egyptian soil challenging Ottoman state in Egypt for the first time after centuries. It is after this period that Mohammad Ali, an Egyptian ruler with Balkan origins decided to set Egypt to the path of modernization and reform.
The Arab world’s first ladies of oppression
Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma posing for the cameras at the Elysée palace with Nicolas and Carla Sarkozy, 9 December 2010. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
Their husbands have run some of the most brutal regimes of the Arab world. But who are the women who stand by the dictators?
