By: Salma Gharraf and Neda Ahmed With everything that’s going on, all the stories coming out, all the brave survivors speaking up and coming forward with their stories; expressing their agony, pain and suffering while challenging not only their harassers/rapists/abusers … Continue reading Anti-Feminist What Now? The Meninists Have Arrived to Cairo
Disclaimer: This is in no way a direct attack on any entity as much as it is a critique of certain discourses and narratives that have always been and continue to be unacceptable. Content Warning: mentions of violence, rape, and … Continue reading Mosalsalat Ramadan: On Nationalism, Erasure, Exclusionary Politics, and Reproducing Rape Culture
By: TT Team We’re 5 days away from Mother’s Day and we’re scrambling to find gifts for our mothers. Honestly, that’s partially because we’re broke but mostly because we’ve had exams all of last week and this week and we’re … Continue reading Here’s a List of Local Brands to Gift Your Mama From Last Minute for Mother’s Day
By: Salma + Neda + Fadila We all had these nights when we curled up beside our tetas and moms with the TV on and watched intently as Zat or Wanees turned the course of the mosalsal around. If it … Continue reading 10 Mosalsalat Every Arab Kid Probably Watched Growing Up on Fridays at Teta’s
By: TT Team My first memory of the cinema was in cinema Concorde El Salam (the one next to nadi el-shams), it was the premiere of Karim Abdelaziz’s Abo Ali and I was four years old. The following summer, we … Continue reading 20 Early 2000s Movies Every Egyptian Kid Grew Up Watching
By: Salma and Rawan Yes, not all characters are seen as angels, but sometimes once you see it, you can’t unsee it, even though you never noticed it before. That was what me and Rawan have gone through while writing … Continue reading 22 Male Characters in Egyptian Movies and Series We Absolutely Hate
By: Salma Gharraf It’s no secret that staying at home has given us a lot of free time, AKA a fun opportunity for our overthinking and wide imagination to mess with our minds over these last few months. Hated and … Continue reading 8 Types of Supposedly ‘Date-able’ Egyptian Boys
We’ve come a long way lehad ma 3erefna neqne3 ahaleena en having a boy best friend is not haga 3eib or something that shouldn’t be done. Bas lel asaff el shedid the argument of whether a guy and a girl … Continue reading Is My Friend Jokingly Flirting Wala Da Begad – The ‘Egyptian’ Version
By: Salma Gharraf As a feminist, a writer, a movie/series addict and an over-thinker (emphasis on the last one), I can’t help but aroo7 b fekry li b3eed while watching Egyptian movies. I often wonder if actors are genuinely as … Continue reading Beyond Acting – This is the Real Reason Why We (Gen Z-ers) Love Ahmed Malek
By: Salma Gharraf I’m pretty sure you’ve read a thousand intros/comments talking about how boring quarantine is. So, to make it short, being trapped between four walls can be kinda hard. And of course we’ve had more free time on … Continue reading 12 Egyptian Teen Artists, Creatives, and Content Creators That Are Entertaining Us During Quarantine
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