Hussein Omar

Hussein Omar is writing a 500-year history of Egypt through its mausolea. He organizes with Writers Against the War on Gaza.

Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller

Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller

The Lost Americans captures the atmosphere of paranoia and surveillance in the years since 2013.

Jun 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar

Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation

Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation

In the essays of You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, the Egyptian activist and blogger reminds us that democracy flourishes and falters at the interstices, the in-between spaces, and t...

Jun 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar

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