TV scriptwriter Osama Anwar Okasha provided the key to understanding modern Egypt in an influential series of dramas.
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Former Egyptian UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali saw important differences between Egyptian and Arab identity but never overemphasised the country’s debts to Europe, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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Egyptian writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal occupied the summit of Arab journalism and political writing for over six decades, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture.
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Behind the assertive exterior of intellectual Louis Awad there lay a compassionate observer ready to consider the views of his opponents, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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The writings of novelist Gamal El-Ghitany present quests for spiritual meaning that can uncover society’s collective will, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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For geographer Gamal Hamdan, it is Egypt’s geographical location that has given it its stability and permanent character, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine made some of the most penetrating films ever made about Egypt’s psyche.
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Polymath scientist Rushdi Said provided many insights into Egypt’s present problems and future prospects, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman describes the work of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz in his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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The iconic singer Umm Kolthoum was the best-known Egyptian cultural figure across the Arab world in the middle decades of the last century, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman considers the career of Rose Al-Youssef, founder of the magazine that bears her name, in his series of articles on modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman describes the ideas of revolutionary poet Georges Henein, founder of the Art and Liberty Group in the 1930s, in his series of articles on modern Egyptian culture
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Playwright and novelist Tawfik Al-Hakim was first and foremost an artist who hoped to imbue society with a love of the aesthetic, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman continues his series of articles on the thinkers who have shaped modern Egyptian culture with the singular figure of Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad
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Tarek Osman considers the contribution of the 20th-century thinker Taha Hussein to theorising cultural life in Egypt in his series on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman writes on the uncomfortable message delivered by the early 20th-century thinker Ahmed Lotfi Al-Sayed in his series of articles on modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman continues his series on the makers of modern Egyptian culture by looking at the career of social reformer Qassem Amin
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Tarek Osman examines the career of Coptic Pope Kyrillos IV as part of his series of articles on the makers of modern Egyptian culture
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Tarek Osman continues his series on the makers of modern Egyptian culture with a consideration of Islamic reformer Mohamed Abdou
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Tarek Osman writes on Abdel-Rahman Al-Kawakibi, an originally Syrian thinker who spent his last years in Cairo, as part of his series of articles on the makers of modern Egypt
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