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1919 revolution • 22 min read
What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think of the 1919 revolution?
Hakim Abdelnaeem | I want to question the approach that treats the 1919 revolution as a single narrative, condensing it
26 April 2019
History • 18 min read
The ‘fountain of youth’ and the insurgent subject of history
Ahmed El Serougui | unpacks the category of “youth” and the crisis associated with it, through three crossings
26 April 2019
1919 revolution • 20 min read
How ordinary Egyptians embodied nationalism around the 1919 revolution
Osman El Sharnoubi | Ziad Fahmy uses popular culture to look back at the emergence of a distinctly Egyptian identity
31 March 2019
1919 revolution • 9 min read
Ahmed Mourad and the literary insult to intelligence
Sherif Azer | Dear Ahmed Mourad, I experienced steadily rising fury from the first page of your novel, “1919,”
30 June 2014
1919 revolution • 8 min read
Ahmed Mourad’s ‘1919’: Story of an amputated revolution
Amany Ali Shawky | Initially, the cover image of a sad woman in her 20s with runny mascara staring diabolically into her
18 April 2014
 
Opinion
Bilal Alaa
A republic deferred, forever
This process is essential for the continuation of the regime — a necessary act of political theater.
15 January 2020
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