Author: Adham Youssef

Alex Bakri’s power-conscious documentary ‘Habibi Hussein’  dismantles the feel-good façade of “development work,” revealing the power imbalances, condescension and erasure that underpin a German-led attempt to revive Jenin’s cinema.

Blending bold Arab selections, strong youth engagement, major Palestinian films, and a confident curatorial vision, the 46th Cairo International Film Festival delivered a focused and forward-looking edition.

Almost 20 years after his death, the legacy of writer Naguib Mahfouz continues to be present on the Egyptian cultural scene.

Stylistically bold and morally furious, Ali Tamim’s ‘Noah’ rejects the sanitized, sociological gaze usually cast on racialized communities in Germany to expose the emotional architecture of racism.