Subcultures aren’t dead, they’re just not where you’re looking
Punk is dead, disco is dead, skate is dead, raves are dead—or so they say. But is this really the case? Have subcultures really ceased…
Egypt
Remembering Doria Shafik, Egypt’s radical feminist
I entered Doria Shafik’s world through her daughters, Jehane Ragai and Aziza Ragai Ellozy. Before the myth of Egypt’s feminist icon, there were the scenes…
Mazeej Balad: the Cairo based boutique hotel blending nostalgia with hope
*Alarm rings* I open my eyes to the silhouette of the sun, veiled by silk-transparent curtains. Its 9:00 am, I can hear taxis honking and…
Mahmoud Khattab’s new photobook explores the stillness between military shifts
Some books arrive quietly but leave a lasting resonance. Mahmoud Khattab’s The Dog Sat Where We Parted is such a work, an unflinching yet poetic…
Aestheticised, algorithmised and appropriated: Welcome to the ‘habibification’ of house music
A girl is twirling in front of a DJ booth near Petra. She’s wearing wrap-around Miu Miu sunglasses, a slinky white tank top, and a…