Egypt Every Day: The Photography of Yasser Alwan
By Shamoon Zamir. Following the recently published collection of Yasser Alwan’s photography, the author shows and interprets a selection of Alwan’s work surrounding Cairo’s working class.
By Shamoon Zamir. Following the recently published collection of Yasser Alwan’s photography, the author shows and interprets a selection of Alwan’s work surrounding Cairo’s working class.
By Burcu Alkan. From Vienna to Cairo cafés have always been microcosms representing the foundational fabric of their respective societies, as well as being distinctive worlds in their own right. They are public spaces where people socialise and groups interact, ideas are born and changes are observed.
عمرو علي (الفلسفة/ علم الاجتماع، الجامعة الأميركية في القاهرة، مصر). عمرو علي. خرج شاب مصري متحمس من محاضرة في أواخر تشرين الثاني/ نوفمبر 2017 وهرع إلى مقهى بالقرب من ميدان التحرير للقاء أصدقائه. وأخبرهم عن تلك المفكّرة التي تُدعى “حنة أرندت” التي عرف للتوّ أشياء عنها وعن فكرتها الخاصة بـ”البدايات الجديدة”.
By Amro Ali (Philosophy/Sociology, The American University in Cairo, Egypt). An enthusiastic Egyptian youth exited the closing of a lecture event in late November 2017 and rushed to a coffeehouse near Tahrir Square to meet up with his friends. He told them about this woman thinker called ‘Hannah Arendt’ who he just learned about and her peculiar idea of ‘new beginnings.’
By Nadia von Maltzahn and Monique Bellan The Art Salon in the Arab Region: Politics of Taste Making discusses the emergence and role of the art salon in the Arab...
by Joseph Ben Prestel Scholars frequently write about cities’ past as nationally or regionally specific stories. A variety of publications frame the history of urban settings along the lines...
Dina Mansour-Ille, currently a reserach fellow with the Orient-Institute Beirut (OIB), holds a PhD in “Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability” with a specialization in political economy and human rights from...
Cooperative research on developments in the Arab world is a challenge for all concerned The transformation processes in the Arab world triggered by the ‘Arab Spring’ 2010/2011 are also an...
Short presentation by Mohamed Kamal Elshahed (Fellow of the program Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe and editor of Cairobserver) at the conference “Areas and Disciplines:...