egyptian — Features

On the complexity of Cairo, young love, and the Arab Spring: In conversation with playwright Ahlam

Ahlamd, the anonymous playwright of You Bury Me, sits down with Shams Hanieh to explore what it means to grow up as an adolescent, to find love and lust for the first time, amidst the rubble of a politically turbulent city like Cairo during its protests.

RESISTANCE, ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -March 27, 2023play, playwright, egyptian, egypt, cairo, woman, queer

Yusra Mardini's swim from survival to stardom

Following the release of ‘The Swimmers’ on Netflix – a film about her and her sister’s refugee journey from Syria – the Olympic swimmer tells Digital Editor Dalia Al-Dujaili why she wants to shift the narrative towards real women’s refugee stories.

ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -November 23, 2022swimming, refugee, feminism, sisters, film, egyptian, syrian, war

ذكريات و كلوتات – The Transition From Girl to Woman Through the Aesthetics of Underwear

“Let’s start this with an apology to my mother.” In this tender exploration of the transition between girlhood and womanhood, Cairo-born photographer Alia Dessouki dictates the uniquely feminine evolution from the subject of innocence to the subject of the sexualised gaze through her childhood underwear.