Ahmed Naji

Opinion

Ahmed Naji

About Alaa: Prison isolates and so does your silence

Ahmed Naji, who was briefly jailed with Alaa, on remembering and not forgetting

18 October 2017

Ahmed Naji

Farewell to the youth

Editor’s note: The author of this piece was sentenced to two years in prison on February 20, 2016,

2 January 2016

features

Detox | Autumn antidote

Ahmed Naji | When I am anxious, I usually put on a documentary about the lives of lions in central Africa.

21 November 2020

The bourgeoisie, real estate & nation-building, or how the Egyptian & Middle Eastern art markets operate, part 2

Ahmed Naji | State financial policies continued to liberalize in the 1990s so as to integrate Egypt into the new world

13 May 2015

The bourgeoisie, real estate & nation-building, or how the Egyptian & Middle Eastern art markets operate, part 1

Ahmed Naji | In 1989, Egyptian billionaire businessman Nassef Sawiris walked in to a trade fair at the Marriott Hotel

11 May 2015

More readers, better designs and unlikely bargains at the Cairo book fair

Ahmed Naji, Habiba Effat and Lara El Gibaly | The most visible phenomenon in this year's fair is the sweeping presence of Egyptian colloquial Arabic

6 February 2015

How to become an independent musician?

Ahmed Naji | Ahmed Naji gives us six tips. Reading time: Four minutes.

19 January 2015

Learning to walk after crawling

Ahmed Naji | Who holds alternative cultural institutions accountable for their choices, expenditures or agendas?

28 August 2014