‘This is an institution for the people of Egypt, and it is up to them to record their history by bringing to light the hidden gems of eras gone by’

‘It is certainly about time that the Arab world reasserted its position as a centre for knowledge and excellence’ – Sarah Zakzouk on Egypt’s cultural revolution

‘The difference now is that I feel whatever I do actually matters … Cairo is very vibrant now. It’s an amazing place to be an artist’

Yousry Nasrallah’s gripping tale of love, politics, and chivalry in the turbulent days after the Egyptian revolution in Cairo

Egyptian photographer Ahmad Hosni’s collection of essays and photographs documenting the transformation of South Sinai into a tourist enclave

Egyptian-American writer Yahia Lababidi discusses poetry, dreams, and the desert in his latest book, The Artist as Mystic

Doha-based filmmaker Justin Kramer’s story of ‘love, patience, and resilience’, documenting the life of Mourad and his family of garbage collectors in Cairo