Egypt
Rethinking Nasser: A New Look at One of the Arab World’s Most Polarizing Figures — With Alex Rowell
Is the legacy of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser due for a rethink? New Lines’ Online Editor Alex Rowell thinks so. On this week’s episode of The Lede he discusses his new book, “We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World.”
Egypt’s Hijab Conundrum
As a young woman who had just graduated from university in Egypt and recently decided to wear the hijab, I often heard Hamza’s name mentioned in our middle-class home, whether by my father, who keenly followed her shows and discussions with leading clerics, or my mother, who saw Hamza as an example encouraging me to explore the media field and become a presenter like her someday.
Embracing Egyptianness in the Diaspora
Both Copts and Muslims say Egypt is our mother because she gives us life, because she is our source, because she is so inextricably linked with religion and identity. But the diaspora often has to make sense of faith in an increasingly secularized world.
The Survivor’s Guilt of an Egyptian Ex-Prisoner
Adel hasn’t known what it’s like to travel from one country to another, talk to people from other cultures, learn new skills like diving, enjoy the taste of sushi, smell the warm air or feel the sun.
The Poet Who Penned ‘Balaha’ Is Still Behind Egyptian Bars
The Balaha case has become an allegory for the zero-sum game that revolutionary Egyptian artists face in today’s Egypt: a choice between death, exile, incarceration or silence. Of the group, five were released, one died and only El-Behairy remains behind bars five years later.
Egypt’s Forgotten Women Quran Reciters
In the 1920s and ’30s, a handful of women reciters were able to hold down positions in radio and freely broadcast their voices. They would taste short-lived fame, become figures of colossal repute in their professions, and — if only for a brief period — reshape Quran reciting in Egypt.
Hoping to Channel Nasser, Egypt’s Sisi Provokes a Backlash
Egypt's President Sisi has long sought to cast himself as a second Gamal Abdel Nasser. But, as rare public protests early this week illustrated, Egyptians now appear to have lost patience with the performance.