The dirt-streaked, clenched hands stretched out, racing with eagerness, concentrating all the nerves of the body into a fist.
At the edge of the grip, the meeting of the hunched shoulders made the hands grasp the void, dangling in the air.
The eyes no longer saw the apple that once focused all gazes on a single point.
A hand gripped
Do you know "Fahim the tailor"? Of course not. Nobody around him knows this name even though it's his official name on documents. But when you mention "Wad Jeddah", distances and explanatory phrases become succinct. This title, which once was a mark of mockery and bullying, became unique to him.
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As I waited inside the train, heading to Alexandria, a peculiar idea crossed my mind that I'd like to share with you.
If you were forced today, without any preparation, to pack a single suitcase for a journey with no return, what would you place in it?
And what if you were asked to list the people you'd take with you on this
The Hollywood film industry has notably increased its production of movies about environmental and health disasters, as well as extraterrestrial and strange beings, especially since the mid-80s. Such big-budget productions have become a staple on their agenda.
For those unaware, and lest they be shocked, movie production has transformed
Critic Mahmoud Abdel Shakoor says in his book "How to Watch a Movie", that dialogue in itself is a difficult art complementing the art of cinema, pointing out that Egyptian cinema in its golden age relied on giants specialized in dialogue, such as El Sayed Bedeir, Abul El-Saud El Ebiary, and Badee' Khairy, who were assigned to
