Lara El Gibaly

Lara El Gibaly is a Cairo-based journalist and writer working in television, print, and performance.

features

Shades of in/visibility: On coming out in Egypt

Lara El Gibaly | It’s not about individuals coming out to, but rather about the issue itself ‘coming out’ for discussion

13 September 2017

AUC Press • 13 min read

The impossibility of a life in the in-betweens: The Diaries of Waguih Ghali

Lara El Gibaly | A look at Volume 1 of Waguih Ghali's diary ahead of the 2nd installation's release

9 August 2017

poetry news and reviews • 17 min read

Language, diaspora and suffering: In conversation with poet and aid worker Jehan Bseiso

Lara El Gibaly | I have dilemmas about not losing my Arabic, not sacrificing the Arabic language at the altar of English

24 July 2017

book reviews • 11 min read

6 summer reading recommendations from Mada

Heba El-Sherif, Lara El Gibaly, Laura Bird, Maha ElNabawi and Rowan El Shimi | Five of us have chosen six diverse novels, most of which are available in Egypt’s bookstores.

11 July 2017

cinema • 14 min read

Egypt’s cinematic gems: The Greatest Child in the World

Lara El Gibaly | This film combines the worst of orientalism, nationalism, and the male ego

1 July 2017

Culture • 12 min read

Self-aware and revealing, despite its limitations: On new interactive doc Womanhood

Lara El Gibaly | Interactive doc Womanhood attempts to create a narrative written by, not about, Egyptian women

20 June 2017

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News

cinema • 6 min read

FestBeat: 2 worthwhile films on Panorama day 2

4 November 2016