contemporary Egyptian art

Stretching back into history, the streets of Egyptian towns and cities have often been filled with the sounds and colors…

Last June, a famous olive oil soap “fossil” from the brand Nabolsy Shahin was exhibited in a vitrine at the…

ISTANBUL — Artist, musician and writer Hassan Khan’s selected survey exhibition at SALT is like a mystery scattered with various…

We first met almost 10 years ago on the street in front of the Townhouse Gallery; she was leaving, I…

The exhibition space at Artellewa is not typical of white-cube galleries. It may be, technically, a white cube, but the…

When asked what role art should play in society and culture, Ramy Dozy quickly replies: “To reach a point where…

A wall of text can be daunting to confront in the context of an art exhibition. It asks the viewer…

The last time Nermine Hammam’s work hung in a gallery in Cairo, the streets of Egypt spoke a different language.…

“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…