Review: The Square by Jehane Noujaim
The 16th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival opened on Wednesday with The Square, Jehane Noujaim’s
Egypt
What if you witness a revolution, but things get worse?
Documenting the change from hope to depression and then finding new means to cope with the fading fragrance of revolution in Egypt.
The Jews of Egypt
Highlighting one of the dark sides of Egyptian nationalism, and exposing the dangers of blanket xenophobia.
New Documentaries To Look Out For at the Luxor African Film Festival
The third edition of the Egyptian Luxor African Film Festival again has a wide-ranging programme scheduled
To be an artist in Egypt right now
An Egyptian theater company puts on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables in colloquial Arabic. The choice was no error.
The scope of the problem
Egyptian director Mohamed Diab's film "Cairo 678" documents the lives of 3 women, all victims of sexual harassment and assault and who organize collectively against it.
The image of the modern Arab man
The photographer Scarlett Coten wants to look beyond accepted stereotypes of Arab men, exposing a more diverse, and perhaps softer image.
Hassan Khan and his 6 minute film “Jewel”
Last year, while visiting Okwui Enwezor’s Triennale at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (titled: “Intense
What is going in Egypt?
Is this Egypt’s second revolution, a military coup, or an agglomeration of both (“Democratic Coup”, anyone)? And then there's the media noise.
When the material writes itself
The comedians Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian Graffiti and Gender Politics
An interview with Soraya Morayef, who is documenting the graffiti scene in Cairo, Beirut, Libya and Palestine.
Egyptian women won’t be blamed for sexual assaults
Also, dispelling the myth that all Arab men systematically oppress and victimize Arab women.
Another Side of the Story
An interview with the managing editor of "Daily News Egypt," two-years after the Egyptian uprising.
Rap Comes Home
It’s quite a weekend for New York’s prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
There are no laws against photography
The latest in a series of interviews by Roxsanne Dyssel. This time, with Egyptian photographer and blogger, Mohamed Elshahed.
The individual vs the cause
The enduring controversies around Egyptian-American activist Mona Eltahawy.
Social Media in Africa’s Revolutions
How anonymous parties define, construct, and support uprisings in Africa via social media.
Should Mohamed Morsi be TIME’s Person of the Year?
Last week, as he made a bid to become Egypt’s latest dictator, plunging the country into
Discovering a country through film
Number 3 in our series of short descriptions of ten new African films to watch out for.
Chop Cassava
Five filmmaking collectives from the African continent that are reinterpreting and reinvigorating notions of collaboration and distribution.