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28 April 2025
The Best North African Songs Right Now
This month’s music guide centers around Egypt and its diverse collaborations with artists from Spain, Palestine, France, Syria, the US, and Somalia.
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Film + TV
04 April 2025
What to Watch in North Africa this April
This month’s guide introduces Ramadan’s hit shows and eases you into the summer season with Egyptian and Moroccan comedies.
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04 April 2025
MENA is the World’s Fastest Growing Music Industry: What Comes Next?
Two music journalists look deeper into the Middle East and North Africa being named the world’s fastest growing music industry region by the IFPI’s Global Music Report.
News
19 March 2025
The Risky Boys Turn Cairo’s Vibrant Energy Into Viral Fashion Shows
The duo’s impromptu catwalks in markets, garages, and places of Cairene daily life offer a window into a culture that is usually misrepresented and stripped of its creative agency.
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27 February 2025
The Best North African Songs Right Now
Featuring the hottest raï, rap, house, and dance music from Morocco to Sudan—and a few introspective ones, too.
Film + TV
24 February 2025
‘Khartoum’ Wins Peace Film Prize at 75th Berlinale, Receiving Recognition for Its Political Urgency and Poetry
In this groundbreaking documentary, a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys from Sudan’s war-torn capital share their stories in search of freedom.
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31 January 2025
The 1-54 Art Fair in Marrakech is Reshaping Africa's Creative Geography
With its strategic location, multi-lingual culture, and welcoming atmosphere, the red city is the perfect melting pot for contemporary African artists and those who appreciate their craft.
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16 January 2025
What Stories Are on North African Journalists' Radars in 2025?
Three stories from Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are anticipated to be major cultural moments in 2025, from Sudan's football surge to Libya's arts renaissance and the region's evolving music scene.
Arts + Culture
14 January 2025
How 'Flight Into Egypt' Connects Black Artists with Ancient Egyptian Heritage
Two Egyptians share their reflections on this Met exhibition, which examines how Black artists have engaged with and appropriated ancient Egypt through various art forms.
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09 January 2025
Will US Sanctions Have an Impact on the War in Sudan?
The U.S. designated the RSF’s atrocities as genocide, but civil rights groups fear that the announcement is more rhetoric than impact.
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07 January 2025
Here’s Why Egyptians Celebrate Christmas on January 7
Often considered the gatekeepers of ancient Egyptian traditions, Orthodox Copts celebrate Christmas with traditional recipes.
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18 December 2024
The Best North African Songs of 2024
OkayAfrica’s North Africa correspondent shares the region’s most celebrated and underrated songs of the year — from Libya’s electronic Touareg music to Sudan’s rap revolution, and more.
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