Culture
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
March 5, 2012
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
Activists have created a Facebook page entitled “Noun al-Neswa,” which aims at breaking some social taboos related to women in…
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
March 4, 2012
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
Since the 25 January revolution broke out last year, many musicians have been looking to Egypt for inspiration and at…
Archaeologists discover name of lost pharaonic king
March 4, 2012
Archaeologists discover name of lost pharaonic king
Archaeologists have discovered the name of a previously unknown pharaonic king from the 17th dynasty, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali…
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
March 4, 2012
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
The spark at the center of Hassouna Mosbahi’s short novel, “A Tunisian Tale,” is a human immolation. As in the…
Photo show captures Bob Dylan as young rock star
March 3, 2012
Photo show captures Bob Dylan as young rock star
Rare photographs of Bob Dylan, shot over a year-long period in the mid-1960s, go on show in Paris next week…
Contemporary dance at Townhouse: The close gaze
March 1, 2012
Contemporary dance at Townhouse: The close gaze
Karima Mansour and Daria Gusberti’s multimedia dance performance, “Whilst closely gazing at the soup...” is not to be missed. The…
Traveling under ‘The Seven Skies’
February 29, 2012
Traveling under ‘The Seven Skies’
“He who passes place and time lightly, Doesn’t let place enslave him, or time waste him” (From “The Beauty of…
Delights at Theodor’s
February 28, 2012
Delights at Theodor’s
Nestled away under the knobby tree canopies of Road 15 in Maadi lies a self-proclaimed antique and vintage store named…
A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent
February 28, 2012
A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent
The exhibition “Visionary Africa: Art at Work” currently on display near the entrance to Al-Azhar Park is a project of…
Man is the true legend in ‘Soul Boy’
February 27, 2012
Man is the true legend in ‘Soul Boy’
Screened at the Luxor African Film Festival last weekend, the Kenyan film “Soul Boy” is a seminal production in African…