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
Adam Henein • 24 min read
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
Ahmed Naji • 20 min read
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
Ahmed Naji • 16 min read
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
100Copies • 7 min read
How to become an independent musician?
Ahmed Naji | Ahmed Naji gives us six tips. Reading time: Four minutes.
19 January 2015
Ahmed Naji • 9 min read
Learning to walk after crawling
Ahmed Naji | Who holds alternative cultural institutions accountable for their choices, expenditures or agendas?
28 August 2014
 
 
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