Culture

“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…

From the onset, Algerian journalist and writer Bashir Mufti entangles the readers of "Toy of Fire" ("Domiat al-Nar") between reality…

There’s a reason why Adel Imam might soon find himself in a jail cell, although for most people it probably…

Displayed on the shelves of every church bookstore in Egypt is a collection of writings by the late Pope Shenouda…