The Alexandria Short Film Festival is back from April 27 to May 2, and this year feels like a mix of “this could happen to you”…
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.
April is Arab American Heritage Month, a moment that naturally invites reflection on stories that don’t always fit neatly into one place or one identity. For…
If you’ve been rotating between the same few cafés and your “usual order” is starting to feel a bit too predictable, Alexandria has been quietly dropping…
Looking for an excuse to hit the cinema soon? Consider this your sign. The upcoming Egyptian lineup is doing the absolute most—in the best way. We’ve…
At Cinema Zawya, things are getting a bit special. The centennial celebration of Youssef Chahine is rolling out the program “What Now, My Love?”. This selection…
We’ve all kind of agreed, without saying it out loud, that Ahmed Saad is that guy now — the instant mood-lifter, the voice of summer, the…
Egypt’s drinks scene is clearly in its experimental era — where familiar flavors are being reworked into something far more playful and unexpected. Seasonal drops, nostalgic…
Inside Beyond Van Gogh, the world you know loosens its grip a little. Colors begin to breathe. Walls dissolve. And somewhere between a swirl of blue…
Across Lebanon, the destruction of cultural and historical sites by Israeli airstrikes hasn’t happened in a single moment—it has unfolded over years of repeated bombardment. What…
Lebanon’s history of unrest didn’t happen overnight. From civil wars to foreign invasions, from political divides to the struggles of everyday people, the tension built over…
