I want to get married

Meeting with Ghada Abdel Aal

15.01.16

Isabelle Mayault meets Ghada Abdel Aal, an Egyptian blogger who writes urban tales on being a single woman in Cairo – stories that became an instant success.

Je veux me marier

Jours tranquilles au Caire

15.01.16

Cairo

« Et maintenant, vous êtes mariée ? ». Ghada imite une journaliste imaginaire. Elle se méfie des questions toutes faites. Cette question là, elle l’a entendue souvent depuis que la pharmacienne de Mahalla, vingt-huit ans cette année, est devenue une icône régionale grâce à son blog, Je veux me marier (Ayza atgawez). Recueil de fables urbaines sur […]

Egypt

The geography of a revolution

28.12.12

Cairo

The daily demonstrations and clashes between the people in the streets and the army are slowly changing Cairo’s urban geography.

Egypte : Géographie d’une révolution

28.12.12

Cairo

Les rassemblement quotidiens, ainsi que les tensions entre les manifestants et l’armée Egyptienne changent peu à peu la géographie urbaine du Caire.

Mad from the revolution

31.07.12

Cairo

El Nadeem Centre provides treatment to victims of political violence and torture. Mashallah News met with psychiatrist Mona Hamed to discuss the nature of the psychological trauma engendered by political violence.

The prison inside me

Meet Samar Yazbek

02.07.12

Damascus

A Woman in the Crossfire is Samar Yazbek’s diary of the first 4 months of Syria’s revolution, describing a time that today seems far away.

Chronicles of an elevator

A journey through concrete

21.04.12

Cairo

It is the king of all the elevators that I know. A warrior, a poet, a resistant. Despite being in such a bad shape, it keeps delivering its job tirelessly.

A talk with Larissa Sansour

The high life

01.01.12

Jerusalem

Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour’s “Nation Estate”, which imagines Palestine as relocated in a skyscraper overlooking Jerusalem, created a controversy.

Deraa, the rebel kid

Two tales of one city

29.12.11

Mashallah region

Activist and writer Florence Gozlan, the most famous and unofficial ambassador of Deraa, talks about his city as a rebel even within the uprising

HarassMap, the pink mafia

Acknowledging harassment #1

28.11.11

Cairo

HarassMap is a visual map of harassment in Egypt launched in December 2010, which enables harassment victims to report on incidents through sending an SMS.