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Articles of the author Ali Abdel Mohsen
Ahead of critical rulings, anti-Brotherhood protesters gather at court
Outside a courthouse built to resemble an ancient Egyptian sun temple, a group of protestors chants against their “Pharaoh.” Cairo's Supreme Constitutional Court is scheduled to announce today its ruling in two highly contentious cases, determining the legality — or lack thereof — of the election (...)

15 - 01 - 2013
Blog: Overheard in Tahrir
“Shave your beard and show us your face, so we can see your true disgrace: you look just like Mubarak!” It didn't take long on Tuesday for protesters to fill Tahrir Square, or the air above it with similar chants aimed at Mohamed Morsy. When the president issued a series of decrees Thursday (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
The only movie hall in town
LUXOR — Despite the fact that it now hosts two international film festivals, the city of Luxor hadn't seen a working movie theater in almost three decades. So when Mokhlis Mikhael opened the doors to the City Mall Cinema in June, residents were intrigued, to say the least. First reactions to the (...)

28 - 10 - 2012
Rowdy rockers The Black Lips tour Cairo and the Middle East
They didn't set anything on fire, and nobody got arrested — both signs of commendable restraint by a band known for the type of onstage antics likely to get them kicked out of most venues and, as was the case in 2009, India. But things were relatively calmer last week at the Cairo Jazz Club, where (...)

03 - 10 - 2012
Tuesday''s papers: UN visits, godless government and Israeli lasers
Sunday's Al-Ahram leads with President Mohamed Morsy in New York preparing for his first General Assembly at the United Nations. The state-owned paper reports that Morsy has scheduled 15 separate meetings with various heads of state, including French president Francois Hollande as well as British (...)

25 - 09 - 2012
A day by the protests of the American embassy in Cairo
At this very moment, Americans are piling into movie theaters, cheering through their popcorn at the notion of the Islamic prophet as a goat-romancing child-molester, and sending “The Innocence of Muslims” to the top of the box office charts. It's an evil that must be stopped at all costs, or at (...)

15 - 09 - 2012
Tahrir, home for unity and fault lines
Offering no introduction, Alaa Saad marches up to an elderly street vendor and says, “let's say you and I have conflicting viewpoints regarding a sensitive issue. Shouldn't we try to talk our differences over, instead of reaching for each other's throats?” The old man, caught off guard by the (...)

25 - 08 - 2012
Sunday''s papers: Eid with a touch of Sinai and Morsy
Despite the balloons incorporated into its logo, the privately owned daily Al-Tahrir finds little to celebrate on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, with the majority of the independent daily's headlines revolving around last Sunday's shooting in Sinai, in which 16 Egyptian soldiers lost their lives. (...)

19 - 08 - 2012
Watching the presidential debate at a neighborhood grocery
“I don't usually watch these types of shows,” Abu Ahmed said, frowning as he flipped through television channels. “But I need to know which one of these jackasses is soon going to be riding me.” The first half of the 51-year-old's statement is a little misleading; nobody in the Arab world makes a (...)

11 - 05 - 2012
Thursday''s papers: ''Lazoghly officer'' affair and a suicidal candidate
While state-owned papers keep their focus on the ongoing “presidential election shenanigans” — according to Al-Akhbar's front page — independent publications seem more concerned with other issues; namely, the state security agent apprehended by a group of striking workers after allegedly trying to (...)

15 - 03 - 2012
Ministry of Religious Endowments oversteps authority by disrupting film production
In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Religious Endowments has refused to issue a permit that would allow a film crew to shoot a scene inside Sayeda Nefeesa mosque, on the grounds that doing so would violate Sharia. In a press statement released on Wednesday, director Ahmad (...)

08 - 03 - 2012
Parliament Review: Facts and follies
Continuing to showcase an outright disregard for all things orderly and restrained, parliamentary sessions plowed through the week, with members attempting to juggle the nation's top issues, and essentially fumbling every single one of them. This week Parliament convened twice on Sunday and Monday, (...)

16 - 02 - 2012
Wednesday''s papers: Local press sells panic
With Wednesday's headlines reading more like a series of ominous and unrelated cliffhangers, Al-Shorouk vies for attention by placing a thick red frame around its own: “Calm in the streets, flames in Parliament, and a nation on the brink of civil disobedience.” In its lead story, the independent (...)

08 - 02 - 2012
Ultras: Heroes, villains or scapegoats?
Even within the context of the past 13 months, the events of Wednesday's soccer match confound. Port Said's home team enjoys a rare victory, and fans celebrate by raiding the pitch and murdering scores of Ahly supporters. Reports of decapitations, bodies being thrown from the stadium's uppermost (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Album review: Machine Eat Man''s ''Nothing New, Copycat Country''
Any disaster movie worth its body count needs an alarming score to complement the onscreen carnage and convince audiences that the end is not only near, it's also as inescapable as it is expensive-looking. And when it comes, sometimes it sounds epic, sometimes it sounds terrifying, and sometimes it (...)

01 - 02 - 2012
Dance, revolution, dance!
Like most of us, Mohamed Saad did not see the revolution coming. The actor, known for his inexplicably popular “comedic” portrayals of cross-eyed, slinky-waisted degenerates, kept a low profile during the earlier, chaotic days of the uprising. He eventually returned to his idea of filmmaking after (...)

01 - 01 - 2012
Unwelcome at ‘The Fox Hotel''
“The Fox Hotel” is a great title for a children's book, implying all sorts of amusing possibilities. Is it a hotel for foxes, or is it just managed by them? Is it a real hotel - does it have room service and a swimming pool, do they serve alcohol, what cable channels do they get - or is it just a (...)

01 - 12 - 2011
Amid security problems and desperation, Egypt''s hospitals struggle
A man walks into a hospital, asking to be admitted as a patient into the neurology department. The receptionist apologizes and politely informs the man that this particular hospital does not have a neurology department. The man responds by pulling out a gun, aiming it at the receptionist, and (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
Wednesday''s papers: Threats surround Iran''s nuclear program, constitutional amendments ''insufficient''
The fourth day of Eid proves to be somewhat of a slow news day, as indicated by the lack of focus in the headlines of the nation's leading publications, several of which feature soccer and film stories on their front pages. State-owned Al-Ahram leads with foreign news, its red headline proclaiming (...)

09 - 11 - 2011
Egyptian horror movies: Laser goats and chicken blood
At first thought, it may seem odd that the Egyptian film industry rarely produces horror movies. The ingredients are all there: the public is, for the most part, superstitious enough to lend credence to any number of hokey, exploitative story lines, and the filmmaking community is overflowing with (...)

31 - 10 - 2011
Caught in the gaze of the eternal eye
History is rife with instances in which art was used to deliver a specific message or set of beliefs; one of the most fascinating examples is Coptic iconography - an art form that first came to life in ancient Egypt. “The Eternal Eye,” an exhibition of work by Egyptian iconographer Magdy William, (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Sunday''s papers: ''Last minute confusion'' over elections deadline
While most papers lead with the ongoing crisis between the nation's judges and lawyers, state-run Al-Ahram reports on the two-day extension granted by the High Elections Commission to prospective parliamentary candidates in order to avoid “last minute confusion,” according to the story's (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Tuesday''s papers: The nation reacts
“Massacre,” “tragedy,” “bloodbath” and “conspiracy” are words that appear, prominently and repeatedly, on the front pages of all of Tuesday's papers—all except for state-owned Al-Ahram, that is, which chooses to refer to the violence that erupted between armed soldiers and a group of mostly Coptic (...)

11 - 10 - 2011
Embracing innovation: Maker Faire Africa 2011
On 6 October, a small crowd of inventors, artists, designers and engineers gathered at the American University in Cairo to attend Maker Faire Africa 2011. The third edition of a three-day annual event devoted to the encouragement of innovation and creativity across the African continent, this year (...)

09 - 10 - 2011
Maker Faire Africa 2011 to be held in Cairo on 6 October
While long weekends are usually reserved for frying one's brain cells, this year's 6 October holiday offers a unique opportunity for a more productive sort of stimulation – while still having fun. For the first time ever, Maker Faire Africa will be held in Cairo, granting the public the chance to (...)

04 - 10 - 2011
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