Parody, politics and Hani Mustafa

So how did the idea of Al-Sifara fil-Imara come about, and how was the film made? Director Amr Arafa and script-writer Youssef Maati tell Mohamed El-Assyouti all

Living in the same building as the Israeli Embassy makes for an uncomfortable neighbourhood. Tarek Atia talks to residents of Ibn Malek Street in Dokki

Injy El-Kashef sounds out cinéaste Mohamed El-Qalyoubi on the history of political films, normalisation and representations of the "other" on the silver screen

Serene Assir debates the question of Egyptian-Israeli cultural normalisation with young Cairene artists

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni's meeting with the Israeli ambassador this month has re-ignited the perennial debate of normalisation with Israel. Rania Khallaf speakes to two of its most vocal contributors in the literary sphere, gauging representative for and against positions at an ever more explosive juncture