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‘Nothing moved but the mirage’: Movement and its absence in Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail
Sara Elkamel
| The novel is a contender for the 2020 National Book Awards
book reviews
14 min read
What I didn’t tell the officer: a review of Randa Shaath’s The Sand Mountain
Shady Zalat
| "The Sand Mountain? Hmmm … Is this a political novel, Mr. Shady?”
book reviews
16 min read
Detox: Issue 02
Our weekly guide to help you unwind during the weekend.
book reviews
16 min read
Detox: Issue 01
WHAT’S UP? For Detox’s new weekly segment, Chit-chat, we have a guest! Make sure you keep reading
book reviews
22 min read
Cairo, Coltrane and a fictional village
Sherif Abdel Samad
| I delved into Nool’s first three titles in an attempt to get a feel for the direction they’re taking
book reviews
14 min read
Detox: Issue 00
Our suggestions are meant to urge you to sit back, relax and reflect — detox, if you will.
book reviews
58 min read
A history of the state told through the senses: A conversation with Khaled Fahmy
Youssef El Chazli
| In All the Pasha’s Men, Fahmy took up the narrative of Mohammed Ali’s construction of modern Egypt
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7 min read
A slice of life in a Sudanese prison
Mai Elwakil
| On the recently issued reproduction of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Prison Notebook
literature
9 min read
An intricate amalgam of love, sex and politics: Nobody Mourns the City’s Cats
Sherif Abdel Samad
| Six stories about love and loss against the backdrop of a failed revolution
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Religious Difference in a Secular Age: Book review
The Egyptian state’s pretense of secularism is central to Saba Mahmood’s latest monograph, Religious
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