Fouad Elkoury’s photographs of life in Cairo’s suburbs.
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Fouad Elkoury lives in Paris. He was born in Beirut and is the author of a book of photographs of his home city, Beyrouth - Aller-Retour.
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‘We figured some facts might quell the speculation. It was our duty as friends to put her mind at ease.’
Fiction by Nikki Shaner-Bradford.
‘There was a red patch, and what looked like a slightly raised piece of dead skin in the centre of my chest. Just to the right of where I assumed my heart was.’
An extract from Gabriel Smith’s novel Brat.
‘I have a pathological addiction to the internet, which I indulge with the excuse of making art. It rarely translates to anything good and mostly leaves me overstimulated and afraid.’
Paul Dalla Rosa on excess and the internet.
‘Like pretty much everyone who uses the internet, I have seen many terrible things that I did not search for and that I cannot unsee.’
Rosanna McLaughlin on what the internet thinks she wants.
‘What is the read receipt for?’
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‘Rice in bowl with chopsticks / denotes food. Figure 1 lying prone equals other.’
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