Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Asmahan, and Mohamed Abdel Wahab were not just singers who appeared in films. they He was, At that time, cinema. Their voices carried the emotional weight of entire films, e.g The passion has come (Love is on its way to us) in My father is above the shaghara (My Father … Read more
Language in Egypt has evolved regularly with technology, and now, artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, are shaping the written and spoken language in Egypt and around the world. The sweeping linguistic shift appears in academic and Professional writingAnd in digital spaces as well. Egyptians, to this day, say “LOL,” … Read more
Craig Finn is the poet laureate of people who just can’t make it work. His songs are full of burnouts and failures, hard drinkers and rough sleepers, the lagging and the left behind. Their successes evaporate, and their mistakes linger. The narrator of “God in Chicago” has to move a baseball-sized package of heroin left … Read more