What a Novel Can Say About the Egyptian Revolution
In “The City Always Wins,” Omar Robert Hamilton portrays the less visible consequences of Egypt's revolution.
'The City Always Wins' Tells the Chaotic Story of Egypt's Revolution—in Real Time
That urgent query animates The City Always Wins. Hamilton ventures a high-wire act in balancing his self-reflexive endeavor with the imperatives...
COP27, Alaa Abd El-Fattah and the Dreams of the Revolution—A Conversation with Omar Robert Hamilton and Ashish Ghadiali
On November 6, 2022, the COP27 will begin in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with the aim of delivering on the Paris Agreement and the potential to...
World's only patch of unclaimed land where farmer & coder tried to take power
HIDDEN deep in the African desert lies one of the strangest pieces of land on Earth — not for its beauty, wealth, or strategic value,...
An Egyptian Activist Laments What Has Been Lost
This article originally appeared on madamasr.com. I sit, for the 12th hour now, alone and struggling for what to do.
Book review: Omar Robert Hamilton, The City Always Wins
Jane Graham applauds the class and clout of Omar Robert Hamilton visceral tale set during the Arab Spring. by: Jane Graham. 14 Aug 2017.
Tear gas suppliers at London’s arms fair
This September's DSEI arms fair will once again give authoritarian governments and dictatorships the opportunity to stock up on what is fast...
‘I wouldn’t call it a victory’: Fossil Free Books organisers on Baillie Gifford’s exit from literary festival funding
Despite its role in bringing the asset manager's sponsorships to an end, the activist group has faced criticism that 'not a dime has been divested from fossil...
Pulsing Instantiations of a Revolution: “The City Always Wins” by Omar Robert Hamilton
Omar Robert Hamilton's debut, The City Always Wins, is a chronological disruption of a novel, beautifully and mostly cinematically capturing the...
What to read to understand contemporary Egypt
Five recent books that help make sense of the Middle East's most populous country | The Economist reads.
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A writer and activist who has been critical of Egypt’s political climate, particularly in relation to the 2011 revolution and its aftermath.