Culture

Thirteenth century Sufi preacher and poet Jalal Eddin al-Rumi praised Samaa - sessions devoted to listening to dhikr (which means "rememberance") music, often…

As Muammar Qadhafi’s four-decade dictatorship comes to an end, Libyan authors have been sharing their joy and relief online, anticipating…

Describing itself as 100 percent "Made in Egypt," Al-Qahira is a homegrown interior accessories store where each item demonstrates excellent…

Inji Aflatoun is a painter whose art is difficult to separate from her politics. But Aflatoun’s ideology and fighting spirit…

For eight consecutive nights, the courtyard of Al-Ghouri Dome in Islamic Cairo has been packed full as the fourth edition…

Egyptian cinema icon Kamal al-Shennawy died early Monday at the age of 89.  Shennawy acted in more than 200 films…

The Egyptian Museum's inventory committee will not finish its work in less than two years, said Ra’fat al-Nabarawy, a member…

For a lot of people around the world, the word "clown" conjures a specific mental image - one that involves…

One feature of Ramadan dramas this year is the absence of several superstars that viewers have been accustomed to watch…

If you piled up all the books that feature one-dimensional Islamist characters, you would have a veritable mountain of thrillers,…