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Essays and Articles

This is a collection of articles and essays from the press, not academic journals and periodicals, which tackle issues related to popular culture in Egypt, the region and the world. Click here for compiled bibliographies, a collection of academic papers on the topic.

 

 

 

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Other:

The Naysayers: Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and the critique of pop culture

Ice Bucket Challenge, Meet Ukraine’s ‘Blood Bucket’ Challenge

 The Arab whodunnit: crime fiction makes a comeback in the Middle East

Fighting for Their Art Against Censorship (Global Voices Online)

Creative progression: on development of arts festivals in Egypt, 2011-2014

Susan Sontag on How the False Divide Between Pop Culture and “High” Culture Limits Us

The Stages of Peaceful Resistance in the Occupied Western Sahara

The Arab Spring’s best legacy: Egyptians are now reading once-banned books

Susan Sontag on How the False Divide Between Pop Culture and “High” Culture Limits Us