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Access For Whom? On Gaining Permission to Narrate Egypt’s Past
In the beginning was the permit, and the permit was not with me. Only with it in hand could one map and inhabit the space of the archive. The process of gaining permission to enter and use the archive...
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Remembering the Egyptian Childhood I Never Had Through Its Culinary Traditions
Every grape leaf has a smooth side. My mother explains this as we sit at her round breakfast table. She dips her hand into the bowl of washed grape leaves, gently peeling one away from the stack. She...
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On the Hip-Hop That Powers Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution
The modern history of Egypt is told, by insiders and outsiders alike, largely through the narrative of authoritarian leaders and their so-called “iron-fisted” rule. Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956–1970) was...
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