Esmat Publishing List 
Esmat Publishing List 
Introduction
Esmat is an independent publisher, an instigator of ideas, a producer and a whimsical researcher in cultural history. Esmat publishes and circulates a collection of printed material that centers emotions and affects as entryways to understand contemporary artistic and cultural productions. Esmat’s collection spans across styles, languages and mediums of visual culture. The publications in Esmat’s collection probe the reader’s curiosity about visual culture and its accompanying languages of criticism.
Esmat’s namesake is a character played by actress Sanaa Younis in a 1970s film called Genon Al-Shabab (dir. Khalil Shawky).
Esmat Publishes solicits publication through proposals and by inviting authors to work on specific publications. If you feel we should be working together, get in touch with a proposal.
Esmat’s Editor: Nour El Safoury (2021- Present)
Concluded edition #2 of Cairo Art Book Fair in December 2023. Concluded the research residency ARD with A.MAL and L’blend on soil, seeds, food and land. Currently working on Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How by Mohammed Shawky Hassan. Will soon release a podcast with Mai Elwakil, Jenifer Evans and Nour El Safoury on the history of art criticism in Cairo and Beirut in the year 2000. Recent book release A Cup of Tea With Fathy Mahmoud by Yasmine El Melegy (2023).
Esmat has collaborated with Macacco Press (2021), Mophradat (2021), Zawya Cinema (2021), Darat Al Funun (2022), Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2022), Dakatra Farm (2022), Network of Arab Alternative Screens (2022-2023), A.MAL (2022-2023) and L’blend (2022-2023).
Esmat has received support from Mophradat, The Arab Fund for Arts and Sciences (AFAC), and All Around Culture.
Esmat is looking to grow its network of stockists in Egypt and outside. If you are a bookshop or a book distributor who wishes to carry Esmat’s books, please get in touch.
Sanaa Younis in the play Hala My Beloved (Hala Habebty) 1985.
Publications
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