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Press and Interviews

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March 2023

Saturday Profile—The New York Times (English)

A profile exploring ElGendy's journey behind the bars and his writing career and advocacy post-incarceration.

March 2023

Daily Africa Podcast—BBC (English)

An interview with BBC News on the Daily Africa podcast exploring the six-year political prison experience, and how they shaped ElGendy's current character and mentality.

August 2022

Podcast 11—Solafa Magdy (Arabic)

An interview with Solafa Magdy on Podcast 11 exploring the experience of diaspora activism and living in exile as a former Egyptian political prisoner with all the challenges and opportunities that life entails.

January 2022

EL PAÍS newspaper — Marc Español (Spanish)

An interview with the Spanish newspaper EL PAÍS, on ElGendy's prison series, Anatomy of an Incarceration, on his prison writing, and what it meant inside and after prison.

December 2021

Refugee Radio — Stephen Silverwood (English)

A one-hour interview with Stephen Silverwood of Refugee Radio, UK, exploring the six-year prison experience with all its horrors and lessons learned, and how they shaped ElGendy's current character and mentality.

September 2021

Bi H'ob — Heba Afifi (Arabic)

An interview with Heba Afifi on Bi H'ob "With Love" podcast, exploring in depth the magical friendships that form and grow behind bars, with a detailed narrative around ElGendy and his still-incarcerated best friend Ayman Moussa.

January 2021

Cairo in Exile Podcast — Marlyn Tadros (English)

A one-hour interview with Marlyn Tadros on her podcast, Cairo in Exile, exploring the six-year prison experience with all its horrors and lessons learned, and how they shaped ElGendy's current character and mentality.

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