Elif Şafak has spent her career doing something few writers manage quite like she does: turning history, memory, migration and cultural identity into deeply personal stories.…
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.
Fashion is usually associated with celebration: new beginnings, fantasy, glamour, all the things we want to wear when life is going well. But sometimes, designers turn…
Some true-crime stories come with a neat ending. Others leave behind more questions than answers and the Bani Mazar massacre is firmly in the second category.…
What would Damascus look like as a wardrobe? Inspired by New York City-based illustrator Natasha Polozenko, Nadine Ghannoum brings the idea to life in Wearing My…
Bob Mackie, the legendary costume designer who turned sequins, rhinestones and sheer illusion into a Hollywood art form, died on September 14 at 87. For decades,…
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of “treason against the state” over their documentary on Gaza Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and…
A Danish-Egyptian filmmaker, a story about women history forgot, and Venice’s biggest prize. May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has taken home the Golden Lion for Best Film…
Egypt’s U20 men’s handball team has done it again. The young Pharaohs came from behind to defeat Tunisia 31–29 in the final of the African Men’s…
When Bobbi Brown Cosmetics wanted somewhere special for an exclusive dinner in Marrakech, they didn’t head for the usual grand riad or polished hotel. Instead, the…
There’s something about Nadine Labaki and Venice Film Festival that keeps bringing us back to the same color: black. Over the years, the Lebanese filmmaker has…
