Culture

The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival kicked off its dance offerings Friday afternoon with a series of performances in Borsa, a…

On Tuesday evening, an image of a young Om Kalthoum highlighted the screen of al-Hanager Theater’s stage. Musical instruments sat…

On Thursday, a task force comprising 25 members of the non-governmental organization National Group for Cultural Policies, as well as…

“In art, the concept of parallelism is very valuable,” says Shady El Noshokaty, the art professor at the American University…

This Thursday, one of the most ambitious cultural events in Cairo’s recent history will set out to transform downtown Cairo…

ABU DHABI — The 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, popularly called the “Arabic Booker,” was awarded to prolific Lebanese…

Artwork produced in Cairo, regardless of who is making it — visiting artist or lifelong resident — tends often to…

Egypt and Turkey signed an agreement on Monday in which Turkey will renovate religious artifacts in Cairo and Alexandria. Al-Azhar,…

Last year, Egyptian singer Mohamed Mohsen got into a heated debate with leading musician Hany Shenouda about the future of…

Over the past month, a hazy green light has emanated from a window of the Contemporary Image Collective, overlooking downtown’s…