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Upper Egypt
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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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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El-Sobky Film Productions
2 min read
Son of controversial film producer sentenced to 3 years in prison for ‘insulting Egyptian women’
Agriculture Ministry
4 min read
Campaign to boycott meat gains steam as gov’t voices support
Adel al-Adawy
2 min read
Bomb explodes minutes before Qena hospital opening
Edfu
3 min read
Pyramid discovered in Edfu older than Giza pyramids
Aswan
2 min read
Calm restored in Upper Egypt after deadly family feuds
constitutional amendments 2019
2 min read
Upper Egypt activists fight for constitutional rights
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