{"id":6129,"date":"2026-05-23T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theroccafamily.net\/?p=6129"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:48:48","slug":"mahmoud-khaled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theroccafamily.net\/en\/mahmoud-khaled\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahmoud Khaled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53a57ef0798e5dd5837e9d2d976d35e8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:0px;color:#e23125\">Date: May 16, 2026<br>Location: Maadi, Cairo<br>Studio: Mahmoud\u2019s residence<br>Drink: \u0634\u0627\u064a \u0645\u0639 \u0642\u0631\u0646\u0641\u0644<br>Weather: Hot, but less than expected<br>I&#8217;ve known Mahmoud since 2006, when I invited him to present his work at Makan. 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