Lina Attalah is a Cairo-based journalist and is the co-founder and editor of Mada Masr, an Egypt-based independent news website. She was also the editor of Egypt Independent, an English language media publication also centered on Egypt’s politics, society and culture. Before that, she was based in Darfur, Sudan, where she led an informational radio program for local communities produced by the BBC. She has also been part of a number of artistic research-based projects on themes of intellectual history, maritime/desert (non) spaces, technology and alternative learning.


These Outloud talks are implemented with the financial support of the European Union as part of the project “Citizens Engage,” implemented by K2.0 in partnership with GAP Institute.