Ammar Manla Hasan

TUL8TE Plays It By Ear (Carlton Hotel, Cairo, Rolling Stone MENA, Hussein Mardini)

Narein, Jazzed

TUL8TE Plays It By Ear

An exclusive interview with TUL8TE during the recording of the jazz rendition of his latest album, Narein.

By Ammar Manla Hasan

توليت بيلعبها سماعي (فندق الكارلتون، القاهرة، تصوير حسين مارديني)

نارين X جاز

توليت بيلعبها سماعي

صاحبنا توليت في وسط البلد في القاهرة خلال تحويل سطح فندق كارلتون إلى بار جاز لتسجيل نسخة حيّة من ألبومه الأخير نارين.

By Ammar Manla Hasan

Album and Single Reviews

Maryam Saleh’s Syrr Is the Revivalist Album We’ve Been Waiting For

Maryam Saleh's Syrr is the revivalist album Arabic music has been waiting for - intimate, effortless, and deeply felt.

Commentary

Trump’s Iran War Has Clear Winners and Losers

After weeks of intensive strikes, Iran is emerging from the war with potentially more sovereignty, fewer sanctions, and a weaker opposition.

Reviews

Egybest Sacrifices Its Original Story on the Altar of Eid Cinema

A promising piracy drama slips into formula, as Egybest trades a rich story for safe, trope-heavy Eid entertainment.

Reviews

Hekayet Narges Refuses the Easy Villain

A well-rounded and textured Ramadan drama, Hekayet Narges looks past the crime to the society that made it possible.

Album and Single Reviews

The Franchising Curse Haunts Dystinct’s ‘Ta3al’

Why Dystinct’s “Ta3al” feels like franchising a hit instead of pushing forward - and how pop keeps forgetting the power of scarcity.

Exclusive, FEATURES

The Screens Behind Smoke Screens at El Gouna Film Festival

What lies behind the polarized coverage of El Gouna Film Festival, beyond red carpet glamour and class critique?

Album and Single Reviews, MUSIC

Yasmine Hamdan’s ‘I remember, I forget’ Reinforces Her Reign

Yasmine Hamdan’s third full-length album, ‘I remember, I forget,’ doesn’t reinvent her legacy - it fortifies it.

Album and Single Reviews, MUSIC

You Have to Work for It: Listening to Soulja’s New Song ‘Location’ Is Deliciously Challenging

By releasing his new song 'Location' as a video game, Soulja ensures it gets the repeat listens it needs to truly grow on you.