The Art of Dysfunction
January 23, 2014
On Cairo's still vibrant, resilient art and cultural scene and Cairo: Images of Transition: Perspectives on Visuality in Egypt, 2011-2013.
Root and Branch
July 20, 2013
On the different histories and outlooks of the Muslims Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria.
Beirut, Alive but Dead
April 27, 2013
On Lebanese novelist Rabee Jaber's book, The Mehlis Report, his first to appear in English translation.
Distance Resistance
March 9, 2013
On young Syrian activists and refugees in Cairo.
Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen revises history of Egypt's revolution
December 15, 2012
On Hazem Kandil's Soldiers, Spies, and Statesemen: Egypt's Road to Revolt, a revisionist history of Egypt's post-1952 regime and its evolution from a military to a police state.
Diary of Syrian uprising reveals grim reality of conflict
September 15, 2012
On Samar Yazbek's A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution, a first-hand account of the horror faced by Syrians and the ceaseless brutality of the Assad regime.
What Lies Beneath
July 7, 2012
On Allen J. Fromherz's Qatar: A Modern History, an alternative to the often breezy and superficial descriptions of the tiny, prosperous Gulf country.
Histories of a City: the many hands that shaped today's Cairo
September 16, 2011
On Nezar AlSayyad's Cairo: Histories of a City, a thorough and exhaustive new work that provides a colourful sweep through 3,000 years of Cairo's architectural landscape.
Sayyid Qutb, man of his era
September 17, 2010
On John Calvert’s biography of Sayyid Qutb, the man now regarded as the ‘father’ of radical Islam, which reveals an ideology forged in the fires of post-colonial Egypt.
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Royal Mecca Clock Tower is an investment in national pride
August 20, 2010
Following in the footsteps of the Ottoman Empire through its sheer scale and glitz, the colossal Saudi clock tower may just succeed in changing the watches of the world.
Beneath the remains in northern Lebanon
March 11, 2010
The Last Word: Frederick Deknatel wanders through the incomplete ruins of modernist architecture in northern Lebanon.
January 23, 2014
On Cairo's still vibrant, resilient art and cultural scene and Cairo: Images of Transition: Perspectives on Visuality in Egypt, 2011-2013.
Root and Branch
July 20, 2013
On the different histories and outlooks of the Muslims Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria.
Beirut, Alive but Dead
April 27, 2013
On Lebanese novelist Rabee Jaber's book, The Mehlis Report, his first to appear in English translation.
Distance Resistance
March 9, 2013
On young Syrian activists and refugees in Cairo.
Soldiers, Spies, and Statesmen revises history of Egypt's revolution
December 15, 2012
On Hazem Kandil's Soldiers, Spies, and Statesemen: Egypt's Road to Revolt, a revisionist history of Egypt's post-1952 regime and its evolution from a military to a police state.
Diary of Syrian uprising reveals grim reality of conflict
September 15, 2012
On Samar Yazbek's A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution, a first-hand account of the horror faced by Syrians and the ceaseless brutality of the Assad regime.
What Lies Beneath
July 7, 2012
On Allen J. Fromherz's Qatar: A Modern History, an alternative to the often breezy and superficial descriptions of the tiny, prosperous Gulf country.
Histories of a City: the many hands that shaped today's Cairo
September 16, 2011
On Nezar AlSayyad's Cairo: Histories of a City, a thorough and exhaustive new work that provides a colourful sweep through 3,000 years of Cairo's architectural landscape.
Sayyid Qutb, man of his era
September 17, 2010
On John Calvert’s biography of Sayyid Qutb, the man now regarded as the ‘father’ of radical Islam, which reveals an ideology forged in the fires of post-colonial Egypt.
Read More.
Royal Mecca Clock Tower is an investment in national pride
August 20, 2010
Following in the footsteps of the Ottoman Empire through its sheer scale and glitz, the colossal Saudi clock tower may just succeed in changing the watches of the world.
Beneath the remains in northern Lebanon
March 11, 2010
The Last Word: Frederick Deknatel wanders through the incomplete ruins of modernist architecture in northern Lebanon.
