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Profile: Two Cairo-based artists start a liberating collaboration

Profile: Two Cairo-based artists start a liberating collaboration

It was loneliness that prompted artists Hady Kamar and Jenifer Evans to start working together, Kamar jokingly says about their…
Blog: A day skirting around downtown Cairo

Blog: A day skirting around downtown Cairo

Even for those who have never set foot in downtown Cairo, it seems familiar, especially after images of Tahrir Square…
Some hits, but quite a lot of misses at TransDance 2012

Some hits, but quite a lot of misses at TransDance 2012

There’s something risky about going to see performance art and contemporary dance — especially dance that is not performed on…
The only movie hall in town

The only movie hall in town

LUXOR — Despite the fact that it now hosts two international film festivals, the city of Luxor hadn’t seen a…
The art of comics: How (and why) you should become the next great graphic novelist

The art of comics: How (and why) you should become the next great graphic novelist

  Graphic novels are “cheap, fast, and accessible,” according to Amir, author of “Zahra’s Paradise,” (he has chosen, along with his illustrator…
Internet art in real life

Internet art in real life

Internet art can bypass galleries, museums and the money that gives the art world its glamorous hierarchy of exclusivity. People…
Intellectuals denounce preacher’s call for destroying statues

Intellectuals denounce preacher’s call for destroying statues

Intellectuals and writers have lashed out at Islamic preacher Youssef al-Badry’s call to destroy statues because he considers them idols.…
New documentary explores who’s left of ‘The Italians of Egypt’

New documentary explores who’s left of ‘The Italians of Egypt’

“When our mom passed away ten years ago in Rome, we thought it was natural to take her back home,”…
Humming the oldest tune in history

Humming the oldest tune in history

Listening to Quranic verses and prayers playing on the radio while riding a cab is common in Cairo. But recently,…
Meet Heba Yossry: A quietly subversive filmmaker

Meet Heba Yossry: A quietly subversive filmmaker

Heba Yossry seems to make her films for herself. They do not seek to impress through any slickness or bravura,…
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