Culture

In the graceful sixteenth-century Qubbat al-Ghouri (Al Ghoury Dome), located in the wholly authentic, utterly crowded Khan El Khalili district,…

Originally published in Cairo 1995, “East Winds, West Winds” is a milestone for both author Mahdi Issa al-Saqr and Iraqi…

Ramadan is a time of fasting, self-restraint and good deeds. It is also an occasion for storytelling, either in celebration…

Ahmed Mekki, the Egyptian comedian and movie star, has found his way back to the small screen. The actor releases…

The Ministry of Culture decided today to close the Nubia Museum in the Upper Egypt city of Aswan due to…

Egypt's antiquities authority announced on Wednesday the discovery of an ancient trading settlement in one of its desert oases dating…

This year’s Ramadan TV shows have apparently all been characterized by disappointment.

Last week, as part of our Alf Leila We Leila Ramadan storytelling series, we brought you the tale of the…

The theft of van Gogh’s Poppy Flowers from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum exposed the poor security conditions in Egyptian…

In his new book “Caliph of Cairo” (AUC Press, 2009), Paul E. Walker, a historian of Medieval Islamic history based…