Finished "If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English" by @noor_naga very quickly and the last part is very very clever! Truly takes talent to write a non-cringe diaspora novel 👌🏽#nowreading#books#novels#egypt
you will never catch me saying someone I hate is bad at something they're good at. I just read a poem by a mfer I can't stand (not that one) & i had to be like "okay... work." a true hater does not hate falsely. that's the true hater first commandment
لماذا نتخيّل مستقبلاً نسوياً؟ لماذا نجلس ونتكلم ونحلم ونخطط ونرسم معاً؟
هل في خيالنا النسوي هذا قيمة ثمينة تدفعنا، تُغذينا، تُنظمنا؟
في نهاية سلسلة "ماذا تريد النسويات"، نشدد أنّ خيالنا النسوي نضال بحد ذاته؛ نتخيّل لنفعل وننجز، نتخيل لنصل، نتخيّل لنناضل ونخرج من واقع يقمعنا
"أن نمشي خلف الطبيعة حقيقةً لأن مفهوم الوقت استعماري جداً، فنقوم وننام مع الشمس وفي موسم انتظار حصاد ما زرعناه سنستريح، العمل سيكون على أساس الاحتياج، وسأتعلم".
@LinaFindsWords#المستقبل_نسوي
was fashioning and presenting itself both locally and to the world at the turn of the century. Both a site of a long and fixed history and one that can play with whatever comes in the future - a prospect attractive to tourists and investors alike! With catchy tunes to boot 🤣
In 2001, Amr Diab released what I believe is the perfect cultural and aesthetic representation of how Egypt saw itself going into the 21st century. In this essay, I will use Chattarjee's (1993) concept of selective modernity to make sense
Wala Ala Baloh https://t.co/1v2HwzpDfh
"continuity" of tradition that was so fundamental to the national identity in the first place. The video and song then successfully show us the power in a culture that can simultaneously remain constant, yet adapt. It is both traditional and modern. This is precisely how Egypt