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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,…
Mini Radio Academy tunes into Alexandria’s sonic landscape

Mini Radio Academy tunes into Alexandria’s sonic landscape

  ALEXANDRIA — The high windows of Hotel Crillon on Alexandria’s Mediterranean coastline give out onto a stunning horizon. But…
Kafka in Cairo: Re-staging ‘The Penal Colony’

Kafka in Cairo: Re-staging ‘The Penal Colony’

  What is one of Egypt’s first independent theater troupes, El-Warsha, doing putting on a performance of a play written…
From everywhere to Gaza: Making Palestine a local cause

From everywhere to Gaza: Making Palestine a local cause

A number of activists and their friends spent Monday evening at the Rooftop Studios in downtown Cairo finding out about…
A tour in the bulls’ tombs

A tour in the bulls’ tombs

Saqqara is renowned for being one of Greater Cairo’s most alluring locations for archaeologists and tourists alike. One of the…
Ministry calls to halt UK auction of Egyptian antiquities

Ministry calls to halt UK auction of Egyptian antiquities

The Ministry of Antiquities urged the British government to halt bids on Pharonic artifacts that were put on display at…
Capturing the sounds of Alexandria

Capturing the sounds of Alexandria

We have all heard the phrase, “seeing is believing.” But German cultural-development mavericks Julia Tieke and Berit Schuck are hard-pressed…
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