Nahed Nassr

Emmanuel Jal

The infiltration of ‘gangsta’ culture into Sudanese refugee communities in Cairo has alerted hip hop artists in the city to the need to redirect the misplaced association between rap and gang-related violence, writes Nahed Nassr. Nassr investigates how the energy of this music can in fact be harnessed to encourage the rehabilitation and integration of these refugee gangsters into Egyptian society, as a tool for progress rather than as a way of life.

Wolfram Schubert

Nahed Nassr walks in the footsteps of migrant labour, through the experiences of two young men from Egypt, Mohamed and Salah. Both men have left their communities and families behind on a perilous journey to find work abroad. They talk about the danger and extreme insecurity migrant labourers face and the desperation that drives them to pursue it. The story of Mohamed and Salah is a shared experience of thousands of young Egyptian men who have either made the trip to find work or died trying...read more