There’s A Man in Our House — Egypt
We’re familiar enough with movies about daring resistance fighters in wars or to oppressive regimes –if they are French, Spanish, …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
Arabic Literature as Windows into the Hearts of the Struggle
I long ago proved to myself that reading everything in the world, was impossible. I couldn’t even get through the …
Outsourced — An Amusing Film About a Not So Amusing Subject
I tripped over Outsourced [2006, dir. John Jeffcoat] the other evening, and after seeing the premise — of cultural confusion as …
Alexandria: Again and Forever –Youssef Chahine and Changing Egypt
Alexandria is one of the fabled cities of history, the ancient jewel of Egypt, a cross roads for Mediterranean trade since boats …
A Poem from Egypt
from The Utopia of Cemeteries Unpainted walls, stone filled ground fragile bones not even able to stand and my bones …
Struggle on the Nile: Three Tough Guys and a Dame in Egypt
In Struggle on the Nile, a 1959 movie from the golden age of Egyptian cinema, you will encounter a young …
A Citizen, A Detective & A Thief: Comic Relief in Egyptian Cinema
Up to this film I was prepared to believe Egyptian movies only dealt with serious matters in serious ways. Adrift …
The Nightingale’s Prayer – An Egyptian Movie Classic
The Egyptian classic, titled either The Curlew’s Cry or The Nightingale’s Prayer, depending on the translator, will not be for …
Nawal El Saadawi: Still in the Mix in Cairo at 80
Nick Kristof in one of his posts from Tahrir Square in Cairo, talks about a hero of his, Dr. Nawal …
More Arabic Fiction in Translation
As a follow up to my earlier posting of Arabic authors in English translation, as grass-roots democracy boils across the …
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, the novel, made a nice little splash in my reading circles when it came …
Egyptian, Tunisian, Lebanese and other Arabic Authors
Once again, convulsions in distant places are teaching us geography. It is also a good time to learn about the …