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Abstract painting reflects the city

Abstract painting reflects the city

From Damon Kowarsky’s quiet charcoal cityscapes, to Qarm Qart’s psychedelic depictions of Cairo street scenes, recent exhibitions at Mashrabia Gallery…
Bring Outside In with artificial flowers

Bring Outside In with artificial flowers

The exquisite array of flowers, reflecting a spectrum of colors on the glass shop front of Outside In draws you…
‘Life is More Beautiful than Paradise’ makes its way to the silver screen

‘Life is More Beautiful than Paradise’ makes its way to the silver screen

Khaled al-Berry’s enjoyable and pioneering memoir, “Life is More Beautiful than Paradise,” translated by Humphrey Davies and published in 2009,…
‘RGB,’ a dark horse

‘RGB,’ a dark horse

The “RGB” exhibition at the Townhouse gallery is a dark horse. I must admit that I didn’t get it at…
Egypt renovates its oldest pyramid

Egypt renovates its oldest pyramid

Egypt is doing some housekeeping at its oldest pyramid - replacing stones and cleaning the Djoser Step Pyramid in an…
National translation prize goes to ‘The Nile’

National translation prize goes to ‘The Nile’

Egypt’s National Center for Translation awarded the Refa’a al-Tahtawy Prize for Translation to Tawfik Ali Mansour (b. 1931) on Tuesday,…
In other words: Communicating feminism

In other words: Communicating feminism

The Egyptian feminist organization, the Women and Memory Forum (WMF), published the first volume in their series of feminist translations, “Reader…
Egyptian horror movies: Laser goats and chicken blood

Egyptian horror movies: Laser goats and chicken blood

At first thought, it may seem odd that the Egyptian film industry rarely produces horror movies. The ingredients are all…
In other words: Launching the House of Translation

In other words: Launching the House of Translation

A cooperation protocol was signed on Monday between the Culture Ministry and the American University in Cairo (AUC) to launch…
Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?

Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?

LONDON - For 14 nights, Hassan Khan and Nida Ghouse sit down in conversation to explore the back catalogue, artistic…
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