August 4, 2026
Editorial
Editorial
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A global skate icon clawed his way back from the edge. The kids I came up with in Egypt were escaping the same thing with none of the same net — and not all of them made it. A reckoning from inside the scene.
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THE FIRST SKATE MAG IN THE MIDDLE EAST — AND STILL THE ONLY ONE CRAZY ENOUGH TO TRY +++ PRINT ISN'T DEAD, IT JUST LANDED PRIMO +++ PAGES SO FRESH YOU CAN SMELL THE GRIP TAPE +++ NO ADS, NO SELLOUTS, JUST SAND AND SKATE +++ EDITORIAL STANDARDS HIGHER THAN OUR OLLIES +++ WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF ACTUAL CULTURE +++ WE WROTE THIS ISSUE BETWEEN SLAMS +++ READ IT COVER TO COVER OR EAT CONCRETE +++ FROM KAIRO WITH BRUISES +++ SUBSCRIBE BEFORE THE PRINTER CHANGES HIS MIND +++ SAHARA MAGAZINE · CAIRO · EST. 2025
July 11, 2026
Editorial
Editorial
Some of the scene pushed back on the Top 10 — that skateboarding shouldn't be ranked at all, and that the results were wrong. Here's our answer, and the eight criteria in full.
July 10, 2026
Skate
Skate
Nine of Egypt's most respected skate leaders each ranked the country's ten best skaters. We tallied it transparently — the first definitive, community-built Top 10. SAHARA held one ballot of nine; the rest was the scene, on the record.
January 1, 2026
Editorial
Editorial
Skater of the Year 2025 goes to Saif Wael — Cairo local, Zamalek-raised, eighteen years old, with style and consistency you can't teach.
December 31, 2025
Editorial
Editorial
Photo of the Year 2025 goes to Ahmed Nabawy (slomosk) — SAHARA co-founder and chief photographer, behind so many of the images that became the memory of Egyptian skateboarding.
December 1, 2025
Interviews
Interviews
From KIK and VENT to Billboard's 40 Under 40, Asem Tag has shaped the sound of a generation. Now he's building a new chapter with Raad Records.