
In the darkness of the night, on the shores of the sea, the river, or the lake, something from afar called your name.
ouatie.com/stories/nadaha
Sep 7, 2020
25 min

On Sunday the 25th of November 1923, The Manchester Guardian Weekly ran a profile on the man who transformerd Egyptian music: Sayed Darwish. In this epsiode of Once Upon A Time In Egypt, we present you with an enactment of that article. This article is of course fake and we wrote it, just in case you didn’t catch the trend, but it’s loosely based on true events and you’ll like it.
Part 2/2
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Jun 22, 2020
18 min

On Sunday the 25th of November 1923, The Manchester Guardian Weekly ran a profile on the man who transformerd Egyptian music: Sayed Darwish. In this epsiode of Once Upon A Time In Egypt, we present you with an enactment of that article. This article is of course fake and we wrote it, just in case you didn’t catch the trend, but it’s loosely based on true events and you’ll like it.
ouatie.com/stories/singing-sheikh-1
Jun 22, 2020
17 min

In this story, Salwa Sayed reflects on Egyptian Society through the words of Am Essa, a Nubian sweet potato street vendor.
ouatie.com/stories/sweet-potato
May 12, 2020
21 min

An interview with Salwa Madani, the author of Sweet Potato.
Story: ouatie.fm/stories/sweet-potato
May 12, 2020
11 min

The story behind the story of King Netjerkare Siptah. The real story of King Netjerkare Siptah, and why he was thought to be a woman for a long period of time. How Manetho and Herodotus solidified the story in their writings before we discovered that it's probably just a misunderstanding. And, how does all of that relate to weird Japanese Character RPGs.
Story: ouatie.fm/stories/king-netjerkare-siptah
Apr 28, 2020
10 min

By the end of the Sixth Dynasty, Egypt had gone into a state of turmoil that preceded its First Intermediate Period. The growing powers of the local rulers and the priests had been undermining The Pharaoh. This is the story of the last Pharaoh of the marvellous, pyramid building, ancient dynasties of The Egyptian Old Kingdom.
ouatie.com/stories/king-netjerkare-siptah
Apr 27, 2020
19 min

A rare recording from Case 43, AlLabban Public Prosecutor Office year 1921 was unearthed. This was the defining testimony of the case that rocked Egypt in the beginning of the 20th Century. The case of the serial killer gang, led by 2 infamous sisters. Raya and Sekina.
ouatie.com/stories/case-43-labban-21
Apr 7, 2020
15 min

The story behind the story of Case-43 Labban-21. The real life case of a serial killer gang that murdered 17 women in Alexandria in 1921. Why I chose to tell the story from the prespective of Badee'a, Raya's daughter. How a Public Prosecutor was able to motivate her to testify against her parents. And notes about the socio-economic status of Egypt after World War 1, that led to the gang starting their activities.
Story: ouatie.fm/stories/case-43-labban-21
Apr 7, 2020
12 min

Dinocrates of Rhodes, the famous architect, wrote a letter to Alexander The Great in 331 B.C. This letter is one of the earliest examples of status reports in history.
It's also fake. I wrote it. But still, you should listen to it.
ouatie.com/stories/alexandria-by-egypt
Mar 22, 2020
15 min
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