Culture

Inside a Zamalek building overlooking the bustle of 26 July Street, the white walls of el-Masar Gallery play host to…

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris by Peter Beinart (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers 2010)

A place naturally influences those who occupy it. And that influence is reflected in those people's acts, words and the…

As I sat alone at an early afternoon screening of The A-Team (2010) in a cinema in Manial, I went…

Massar Egbari performed yesterday at El-Genaina Theater in Al-Azhar Park as part of the ongoing Artbeat Festival. The boys from…

For a band that’s been around for more than three decades, the Nile Band for Traditional Instruments isn’t as well…

Afro-Jazz fusion Dutch band A Fula's Call, in town for this weekend's Artbeat Festival, are in some ways, living proof…

Elle Decoration's two-time designer of the year Marcel Wanders is keeping himself busy. His latest project, Villa Moda in Bahrain,…

Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy knows his craft and cares about it. The actor, known for picking original ideas and developing…

For centuries, the tales recounted in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights have provided readers around the world with a…