Interview with Actor Khalid Abdalla – Star of "The Square" Documentary – English
Published on Feb 23, 2014 Interviewed and filmed for The Insider AUC by Shaheer Shaheen.
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Imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah speaks from Tora
On prisons as sites of violations, extremism and boredom Friday, August 21, 2015 By Ahdaf Souief Alaa Abd El Fattah, outspoken software tecchie, blogger and political activist, has spoken to the media for the first time since he began serving his latest sentence at Tora Prison. Abd El Fattah is serving a five-year prison sentence for being at a civil gathering in
» Read moreEgypt: 'I hold both the army and Brotherhood responsible'
Channel 4 News, 14 August 2013 Actor and director Khalid Abdalla gives his personal response to the deadly violence gripping Egypt following operations to clear pro-Morsi camps in Cairo. I’m disgusted by the blood, and resisting falling prey to a polarised narrative. I don’t believe the sit-in should have been cleared, but I’m against what the sit-in stands for.
» Read moreEgypt crisis: 'Both sides are wrong' – actor and activist Khalid Abdalla
16 August 2013 Both the Egyptian military and the Muslim Brotherhood are “wrong” and “fundamentally fascist organisations”, an Egyptian actor and activist has claimed. Khalid Abdalla, known to western audiences for his roles in The Kite Runner and United 93, told the BBC’s Mishal Husain the he “rejected the binaries” being presented – the choice between the two organisations –
» Read moreKhalid Abdalla: the movie star revolutionary
The British-born actor found success in United 93 and The Kite Runner, but has spent much of the last three years camped out in Tahrir Square Andrew Anthony Sunday 3 November 2013 When actor and political activist Khalid Abdalla was a young schoolboy, a teacher set his class the task of writing their own obituaries. It has become part
» Read moreAcknowledgements (Translating Dissent)
Despite having edited numerous books and journal issues over the past 20 years, I found this volume exceptionally challenging. The ups and downs, the uncertainty, and the upheaval that characterized the political landscape in which it was conceived permeated every aspect of the project: from persuading activists with more pressing concerns to invest in reflecting and writing about a relevant aspect of their experience, to
» Read moreEndorsements for Translating Dissent
Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution Edited by Mona Baker This is a volume of uncommon urgency, intellectual range, and political importance. Translation, which occupies the crossing point of discourse and power and which affects all networks of word, image and sound, must now stand near the centre of any study of global activism. The richly diverse
» Read moreTo Willingly Enter the Circles, the Square
by Wiam El-Tamami Jadaliyya, 30 July 2013 We were on the edge of Tahrir Square on Wednesday 3 July when the army made its announcement. The square burst into jubilation. A member of our team checked his smartphone. He shouted over the din of drumbeats and squealing vuvuzelas: “Morsi’s gone. They’ve appointed the head of the constitutional court in his place
» Read moreGothic Night
Mansoura Ez Eldin & Wiam El-Tamami Granta, 28 September 2011 Last night Wiam El-Tamami was announced as the winner of Harvill Secker’s second annual Young Translators’ Prize in association with Foyles. We are delighted to support this venture by publishing the winning story, below, with an interview with Wiam by Online Editor Ted Hodgkinson. The judges this year were author
» Read moreRevolution Revived: Egyptian Diary, Part One
Wiam El-Tamami Granta, 6 December 2011 In the first of a two-part diary, Wiam El-Tamami writes from Cairo about the violence that continues to engulf Egypt. Photo by Gigi Ibrahim. Monday 28 November I woke up in a rage about the elections. A violent, sputtering rage, bordering on revulsion. I felt like a dog that had been fed a
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