Author: Mona Abouissa

Mister President’s Swans

The legacy of Egypt-USSR comradeship, the Egyptian State ballet survived wars, presidents and fires, and then in 2012, the dancers faced a new foe.

The Choir of Allah

I follow a controversial choir into a parliamentary race where angels themselves are at work.

Mister President’s Circus

After President Mubarak was gone, and the mass euphoria afterwards, Egypt slipped loudly and proudly into chaos. One thing was certain, the drumrolls at the nighttime shows. It is a reportage about the military state through its most magical department, the state circus.

In Her Football Shoes

“Fight! Fight! Fight!” shouts the couch. It is a small leap for Faiza, but a giant one for women’s football in Egypt.

Ghost Workers of Israel

An investigation into the lives of Palestinian ghost workers who build Israeli settlements. It is a story about being in the right place at the wrong time.

Between Landmines and Apples

The strongest coffee and an ongoing cold war keeps the Golan Druze in a perpetual state of hope and despair.

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