Since Pharaoh’s times sarcasm has been used to criticize both society and government. Egyptians are known for their sense of humour despite decades of dictatorships, censorships, terror acts and lately even bombs. If satire is enough to create real changes is written in the stars though.

Since the Egyptian revolution in 2011, street-art – previously inexistent – has become people’s way to express themselves. Slogans, political stands, outrages… are painted on the walls everywhere. In a country where the large majority still live under very poor conditions, many being illiterate, censorship prevailing with tortures and jail for political activists and critics, […]

This 18th century old castle, situated at the outskirts of Stockholm, has been recently renovated. The well-kept furnished rooms are in neo-classical style. Tullgarn’s reopening was celebrated with an exhibition of the late Swedish Queen Victoria’s pictures from her stay in Egypt. They are reminiscent of another era before the impact of mass-tourism and fundamentalism.

Mohamed Diab – a young Egyptian filmdirector – shows one of the consequences of women’s oppression in the Arab world in his film “Bus 678”. But it’s the beginning of a new phenomenon: to openly express what’s been taboo to mention for so long.