Author: Abd Elaziz Elsebaey

One day, a group of young writers proclaimed, “We are a generation without teachers,” expressing their rebellion and departure from the norm. However, their cry fell on deaf ears, as it failed to resonate widely. All eras and cultures have recognized the relationship between the teacher and the student, the disciple and the recipient. The bond that is formed is not one of subordination and submission, but one of equality and dialogue.

In my youth, my passion for magic lanterns, treasure chests, and all things similar and delightful became my window onto the world of “fantasy.” It was a word that stayed with me for a long time in my reading books and in composition and rhetoric, where it became a kingdom of the senses, delighting me and filling my soul with ecstasy, joy, and pleasure, inspiring my imagination and vision and filling me with magic and wonder. At that time, I was captivated by the allure of cinema, where the halls and stairwells resembled spacious corridors that I loved to walk…

Sayed Darwish passed away on September 15, 1923, at his sister’s house in Moharram Bey. He died with visions and dreams in his heart. His song, “Bardoun Ya Wanjat… Baladna Kharabat” (Cold, O Wanjat… Our country is ruined), with lyrics about bullets fired at the British High Commissioner, is still remembered today. He is remembered in the 1919 revolution when he rode a horse-drawn carriage with Badi’ Khairi, Naguib al-Rihani, and Hassan Fayek. That day, Sayed Darwish climbed onto the carriage driver’s seat in Abdeen Square and sang: “Egypt, do not be afraid… These are their affairs… How can they…

Over the years, I had accumulated a huge number of diverse and high-quality photographs. I was overwhelmed by my passion for photography and wrote about my journey, expressing my fascination with images, which at the time represented magic and overwhelming ecstasy for me. After a long period of “adolescent fantasy,” I renounced that pleasure, as another vision emerged that differed from the usual, with a passion for photography, where I rediscovered the relationship between the image and the self, the social environment, and the universe. In the context of my long reflections on images, I remember the first photograph taken…

Perhaps the ancient Egyptians succeeded in their obsession with special measures for dwelling in eternal paradise after leaving this world, where the souls of the dead dispensed with the false splendor of life and departed with meager possessions consisting of a few pots, pans, and simple bedding. They declared their certainty that they would not need anything from the transient world, and they adhered to what was required of the soul in joyful solitude, dispelling the desolate loneliness that surrounded their existence. After many long years, following in the footsteps of her ancestors, she lived in the back streets, in…

We must examine at length the growing interest in recent studies and research on the urban system, whether literary, artistic, or scientific, in order to read about the history and development of civilisation and urbanisation from their origins and formation, through current theories in the modern era, towards the production of a new urban culture. scientific, in order to read the history and biography of urbanisation and urban development in the periods of emergence and formation, passing through current theses in the modern era, towards the production of unique cultural and cognitive concepts, to discern the qualitative and multiple faces…

As we wait for the promised fast and efficient metro that is replacing the slow-paced Abu Qir train in Alexandria we should ask ourselves what Alexandria has in fact lost by shutting down the slow suburban train. People of a certain age will have it embedded in their childhood memory, just like the dilapidated passenger bus; it’s slowness and constant breakdown, causing boredom and ennui, yet inspiring and charming with a creative spirit familiar to its passengers. It was a reminder of our childhood, youth and adulthood and a repository of many images, scenes and memories.