February 2025
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Posters slapped onto city buses and benches show a steady hand gripping a gleaming scalpel. Bold lettering with a fuzzy shadow jumps out with the name SILAS CARVER, Plastic Surgeon to the Stars. I am he. Sans stars—unless you count the porn actress whose nipples I nudged a few centimeters north. Something about easier access.…
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Street Art: An Exploration of Egyptian Rap Music as a Reflection of Youth Dreams and Social Reality Sayed Abdul Hamid’s “Street Art: Stories about Egyptian Rap Music,” published by Sulfur Editions in 2024, introduces the core of Egyptian rap music, presenting it not just as a genre but as a cultural movement deeply intertwined with…
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“The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea,” by Ghadah Kamal. ESSAY BY MOHSEN EL BELASY “The Last Summer of Mr. Dipodoidea,” by Ghadah Kamal, published by Sulfur Editions, presents a unique literary experience that defies simple categorization as a traditional collection of short stories. Instead, the book operates more like an unusual novella or a series…
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The book Lemon Language by Hager Youssef published by Sulfur Editions While the title suggests the importance of the lemon, it does not appear directly as a symbol within the poems themselves. The absence of lemons might be symbolic, indicating a “sour” or bittersweet quality to the themes explored in the collection or perhaps a…