Category: Vocation

The Supersonic Generals

Supersonic speeds made them vain, and war made them crazy. A dive into the secret world of Egyptian mavericks of the 1973 war during contemporary armyphilia.

Men of Faith

Exploring the thread linking men rooted in religion, political ideology and the military, done in an experimental format.

The Comrades and I

A cross-border tale of three funerals; Lenin’s, Egyptian communism and my father’s.

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.

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