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Episode: A Conversation in Cairo About Making Art Under Pressure
Description: We recorded this episode in Cairo with author, translator, and Mada Masr culture editor Yasmine Zohdi. We talked about making art in difficult and precarious times; how to acknowledge the political context; censorship and self-censorship.Β βWhat we talk about when we talk about trees,β by Yasmine Zohdi, ran in Mada Masr in December of last year.We also spoke about the shrinking of cultural spaces in Cairo.Zohdi also translates, including her husband Muhammad al-Hajj's beautiful Nobody Mourns the City's Cats.MLQ was in Cairo for the ARCE symposium on popular cultu...