Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/CEK17SCF This essay is part of an ethnographic study of Egyptian film production conducted between August 2013 and September 2015. The study is centered on participant observation within two main film companies, New Century Film Production and Al-Batrik Art Production, in addition to interviews conducted with …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/HA17PCME On November 21, 2016, the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford hosted the roundtable and launch of Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt: Media, Intellectuals and Society (London: I.B.Tauris, 2016) with myself and Morgan Clarke (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford) …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/DI17BD25 Abstract This case study highlights an experiment that aimed to disrupt traditional television news production and presentation models in post-revolution Egypt. It is a snapshot of a brief moment in Egyptian television history when an attempt was made at innovating news production and content, but …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/RARB17RA In an article published on December 17, 2014, Surti Singh, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo (AUC), wrote that “a new set of questions is crystallizing about the role of art in contemporary Egypt” and posed the following questions: “Can …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/SAEB17TD   د. ثريا أحمد البدوى- أستاذ بكلية الإعلام، جامعة القاهرة يرتكز مفهوم الهوية الاجتماعية على السياق الثقافي والاجتماعي للمجتمع؛ حيث ترتبط عملية تعزيز الهوية بقنوات التنشئة الاجتماعية وتكنولوجيا الاتصال المجتمعية اللذين يسهمان فى الحفاظ على تماسك المجتمع، ويقويان الشعور بالانتماء، ويرفعان من معدلات المشاركة النشطة. فى …

Eshtebak (Clash) defies convenient stereotypes of heroes and villains. There are no comfortable answers, and there is no feel-good storyline; it is unapologetically raw and gritty. Clash compels audiences to doubt their perceptions of conflict and political antagonism, a vexing challenge for an Egyptian public accustomed to propagandist narratives on …

August 9, 2016—Egypt's parliament approved legislation prohibiting police officers from sharing work-related information with media outlets today. The push for reform is due in part to recurrent complaints, many from human rights lawyers, of abuse and torture in police custody.

August 9, 2016—The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the “Rabaa Dispersal” trial until September 6 during today’s court session. Among the nearly 740 defendants are Egyptian photographer Shawkan and important Muslim Brotherhood figures.

July 31, 2016—Friction between passionate football supporters and their depiction in sports media has developed over the past few years. Ultras Ahlawy, the Egyptian organization under which the fans gather, is at the epicenter of violence and anti-government conspiracy theories.

July 26, 2016—Following a sudden health crisis, Egyptian director and filmmaker Mohamed Khan died this morning at age 73. He changed the face of Egyptian cinema in the 1980s with the expansion of neo-realism. Khan was born in Cairo in 1942 and studied at the London International Film School.