February 16th, 2013 
Rowan El Shimi The lauded film ‘Winter of Discontent’ takes a profound and unique angle during Egypt’s revolution, but leaves the audience murmuring on the director’s absence at the film’s screening at the Cairo International Film Festival – Originally published in Ahram Online. ———— Set with the Egyptian revolution as the backdrop, Winter of Discontent (El-Sheta Ele Fat) [...]
December 20th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Artist Mohamed Fahmy, better known as Ganzeer, has turned the fine arts space of Safarkhan Gallery into a colourful array of painted walls, simulating the Cairo street experience. Gallery originally published in Ahram Online. Ongoing till 1 November, the exhibition brings the politically driven energy of the street to the exhibition space. Other Cairo artists [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Photography, Photojournalism, Published Articles 
Tags: Art, Egyptian Revolution, Ganzeer, Revolution, Revolution Art, Safarkhan 
No Comments » December 6th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On Friday December 2nd, Tahrir Square saw a protest within the sit-in that had thousands of people in honour of the martyrs and wounded. This protest and the sit-in had the same demands. A new civil transitional council that would oversee the turn of Egypt into a real democracy as SCAF has obviously failed to [...]
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Egypt, Martyrs, Parliamentary Elections, Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir No Comments » October 26th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Article written for Ahram Online but not published. El Geineina theatre push boundaries in their search for underground talents bringing shaabi music from the streets and weddings to the stage. On Thursday night, Geneina hosted artists associated with weddings and gigs at neighbourhoods such as Al-Salam, Al-Mattaria and Embaba on their stage. The line up [...]
October 21st, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On Thursday 26 May in the Rawabet Theatre, a group of youths took their audience back to the 18 days of protests in Tahrir through monologues telling the real stories of Egyptians who lived through the experience [Published in Ahram Online] —————————————– “We are trying to find our way back to Tahrir Square,” 25-year-old Sondos [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Cairo, Egypt, Rawabet, Revolution, Tahrir, Theatre No Comments » October 19th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Some friends and I tried to go to Rafah on May 15th to protest in solidarity with what should have been the third Palestinian Intifada. However, due to the army crackdown on all entrances to Sinai all the way to Arish (read more about our failed attempt here) we ended up not going further than [...]
Posted in Cities & Towns, Photography Tags: Egypt, Graffiti, Portsaid, Revolution, Travel No Comments »
July 15th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi On February 1st 2011, Mubarak gave his second speech, that annoyed the hell out of most Egyptians but somehow managed to touch the heart of some (He spoke of dying in Egypt, his service to Egypt and how much he loves this country, and let’s face it, we are highly emotional people who often show [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Egypt, Fangari Speech, NOSCAF, Police, Revolution, SCAF, Tahrir, Torture, Virginity Test 2 Comments » February 16th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Through my involvement in Characters of Egypt, which is a non-profit festival aiming to ounite tribes from all over Egypt and provide them with a platform to share their cultural expressions as well as cooperate for their development and promote sustainable tourism in Egypt, I was sent this statement that the Bedouins of Sinai released yesterday. [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Characters of Egypt, Corruption, Culture, Egypt, Festival, Revolution, Sinai, Tribes 1 Comment » February 10th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Feb 2, 2011 I write this during the first hour that we as Egyptians have had the internet back since last thursday. For that I would like to thank the current regime for being oh-so-generous. You guys are awesome. Thanks. For the past eight days Egypt has seen an unprecedented uprising. I don’t know if [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: brutality, Corruption, Egyptian, freedom, government, grassroots movement, internet shutdown, Jan 25, Mubarak, Revolution, Speech 1 Comment » February 10th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Jan 27, 2011 Jan 25th saw an unprecedented change. The definition of a grassroots movement was witnessed by Egyptian streets. Diverse groups of citizens across age groups, social classes and religious beliefs walked the streets as one. With one voice and one message. Down with the current government. It was not about one issue of [...]
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