Waiting for Frank Ocean in Cairo

Hazem Fahmy is a writer and critic from Cairo. His debut chapbook, Red//Jild//Prayer, won the 2017 Diode Editions Contest. A Kundiman and Watering Hole Fellow, his poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Best American Poetry 2020, AAWW, The Boston Review, and Prairie Schooner. His criticism has appeared or is forthcoming in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Mubi Notebook, Reverse Shot, and Mizna. His performances have been featured on Button Poetry and Write About Now. He regularly writes about remakes and other media matters on Medium @hazfahmy.