Upper Egypt

features

desert development • 20 min read

The Ababda tribe: Scattered by climate change and development initiatives

Nada Arafat | Parts of the Eastern Desert are being urbanized without the people who have lived there historically

29 April 2019

Ramadan 2018 • 16 min read

From Safaa Amer to the Diabs: The Upper Egypt unknown to TV dramas

Hamada Zidan | Where does the real Upper Egypt stand from the TV dramas penned by Amer and those who came after?

9 June 2018

Nubian rights • 19 min read

Upper Egypt development law shifts attention from Nubians’ constitutional right to return

Rana Mamdouh | A law approved by Parliament on Tuesday is set to bring "economic development" to Upper Egypt

6 June 2018

film festivals • 18 min read

Defying the gaze of others in Abu Bakr Shawky’s Yomeddine

Adham Youssef | Yomeddine brings the road movie genre to vibrant yet marginalized parts of the country

1 June 2018

television • 9 min read

Blog post: Upper Egypt, as I’ve seen it on TV and in my village

Ahmed Ismail | Ahmed Ismail, from Sohag, gives his version of a much-misrepresented region

2 May 2017

cinema • 10 min read

Will a hashtag campaign help bring back Upper Egyptian cinemas?

Mai Shams El-Din | Dozens have been using a hashtag to demand the repoening of Upper Egypt's cinemas

20 February 2017

2015 parliamentary candidates • 7 min read

Elections in Assiut: Back to the old days?

Mai Shams El-Din | Assiut — Arriving at the train station in the Upper Egyptian city, the first scene you encounter is

15 October 2015

art in public space • 8 min read

Egypt’s arts revolution thrives at Minya’s Megraya

Rowan El Shimi | The lights come back on after an engrossing two-hour journey with Das Experiment (The Experiment), a

19 May 2015

Egypt's cinematic gems • 5 min read

Egypt’s cinematic gems: Date Wine

Amany Ali Shawky | A gasping young man forces open the gate of a small walled village in remote Upper Egypt

28 February 2015

More features

Opinion

Yasmine Laveille

Villagers demand a football field

It is hot in the microbus that takes me and a local activist to a village located about 10 kilometres

20 December 2015

News

El-Sobky Film Productions • 2 min read

Son of controversial film producer sentenced to 3 years in prison for ‘insulting Egyptian women’

12 March 2016

Agriculture Ministry • 4 min read

Campaign to boycott meat gains steam as gov’t voices support

25 August 2015

Adel al-Adawy • 2 min read

Bomb explodes minutes before Qena hospital opening

12 April 2014

Edfu • 3 min read

Pyramid discovered in Edfu older than Giza pyramids

4 February 2014

Aswan • 2 min read

Calm restored in Upper Egypt after deadly family feuds

17 October 2013

constitutional amendments 2019 • 2 min read

Upper Egypt activists fight for constitutional rights

26 September 2013