As the BAFTA Film Awards approach on February 22 in London, one of the most talked-about nominations isn’t powered by spectacle or star power, but by…
Author: Malak Shalaby
Malak Shalaby
Malak cannot seem to get enough of Literature - so much so that she has pursued it in both her BA and MA, and the love affair is still going strong. Aside from her love for words, humans generally fascinate her. She spends a lot of her time analyzing the minds of people around her and watching criminal minds. She is still fairly new in adulthood, and until now, nothing has made sense in life but chocolate.
At first glance, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States seem to operate in entirely…
If you’ve been listening to Arabic music over the past few years, you’ve probably noticed a voice that feels both familiar and refreshingly new—Donia Wael. She…
Running from January 16 to February 28, 2026, Desert X AlUla is back with an edition that treats land not as scenery, but as a thinking,…
What if your bag could talk? Spoiler: this one does. And it tells its story, one that starts on the streets and winds through workshops before…
Hollywood rom-coms raised an entire generation on grand gestures, emotional unavailability, and the belief that love always shows up at the last possible second. But if…
There are concerts you attend, and then there are evenings that feel like shared memory. A Night With the Legends at the Royal Albert Hall promises…
With Ramadan getting closer, the first trailers for the 2026 season have started to drop, and the lineup feels very familiar in the best way: identity…
One of the best things about the Berlinale, taking place from February 12-22, 2026, is how wide it opens the door. You can move from intimate…
My Father’s Scent, directed by Mohamed Siam, is a tense, intimate family drama set in the rainy streets of Alexandria. On the eve of Eid al-Adha,…
