Music
Gnawa Nights: The Sacred Music of Essaouira
The sound begins after midnight. A single guembri — the three-stringed bass lute that is one of the instruments defining…
Region: North Africa
Interview
Ahmed El Attar: Theater as Bridge Between Worlds
Ahmed El Attar makes theater that is difficult to categorize — which is precisely the point. As the founder of…
Interview
The Radical Cinema of Yamina Bachir Chouikh
Yamina Bachir Chouikh made the film that Algeria could not stop watching — and could barely stand to watch. Rachida…
Interview
Yamina Benguigui: “Culture Opens the Speech”
Before she became France’s Minister Delegate for Francophonie in 2012, Yamina Benguigui was known for something more subversive: making French…
Interview
Youssef Chahine: “We Have to Walk to Meet the Others”
Youssef Chahine needed no introduction in the Arab world, but in Europe his name still carried the weight of discovery.…