In a nutshell, unconventional means not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed. If there is anything else to it, do let us know.

Emad Aysha - 13/04/2024
I dropped in unannounced at a conference at the Egyptian Writers’ Union on children’s literature […]
![BISECTED IN THE MIRROR: Dr. Faycel (with novel) peering into the West's heart of darkness, or the West peering into our own? [Image provided by author]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAMPDwwAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
Emad Aysha - 31/03/2024
During the Cairo International Book Fair, I made it a point to buy Dr. Faycel […]

Emad Aysha - 25/03/2024
Abeer Abdel Galil has two novels in a series—‘The Return (العودة) and ‘Janus’ (الجانوس)—and a […]

Emad Aysha - 07/03/2024
I was at Dar Mobtada Bookstore in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on an afternoon in […]

Emad Aysha - 01/03/2024
I may have to eat my words over Denis Villeneuve after watching Dune Part Two […]

Emad Aysha - 17/02/2024
If you remember, I once reviewed (‘The Hack’ or ‘Penetration’) by Abdel Aal Bikheet. I […]

Emad Aysha - 06/02/2024
Following on from my body horror piece on David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (2022), […]

Emad Aysha - 22/01/2024
David Cronenberg's movie Crimes of the Future (2022) was advised to me by an Iranian […]

Emad Aysha - 08/01/2024
Being a great fan of secondhand books bought off the streets of Cairo (it’s the […]

Emad Aysha - 28/12/2023
I’ve been avoiding talking about Gaza for the longest time now. The riot of emotions […]