Following Egypt’s revolution, many forces have been working towards a new constitution for the country. Hamdy El-Gazzar highlights a group of intellectuals and artists who have created a “Cultural Constitution” to preserve intellectual freedom.
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In this week’s From Egypt column, author Hamdy El-Gazzar writes an open letter to his friend Khalid Khalifa, a Syrian novelist who recently returned to war-torn Syria. Khalifa has issued calls to writers and the international community to “Rescue my people.”
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In this week’s From Egypt writer Hamdy El-Gazzar delves into the mind of the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie.
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In this Q&A, writer and Sampsonia Way columnist Hamdy El-Gazzar discusses the importance of belly dancing and art in Egypt and the possibility of governmental repression following the results of Egypt’s presidential election.
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To mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Egyptian revolution we publish a story from Egyptian writer Hamdy El-Gazzar’s book Our Revolution: Stories to Fit in the Palm of Your Hand.
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