laila soliman
The prisoner and the soldier speak in ‘No Time For Art / 3’
Art news
January 7, 2013
The prisoner and the soldier speak in ‘No Time For Art / 3’
Ahmed and Sherif, two regular young men of the same age, speak about their confined lives, one a soldier, the…
Art and revolution, revisited in two new documentaries
Cinema/TV
April 25, 2012
Art and revolution, revisited in two new documentaries
Sometimes certain questions are asked over and over again, because the answers they provoke are never satisfying. In Cairo since…
‘Lessons in Revolting’: The revolution continues
Art news
August 20, 2011
‘Lessons in Revolting’: The revolution continues
On the opening night of “Lessons in Revolting”, Rawabet Theater was packed full, leaving many disappointed latecomers turned away at…
No time for art: A tribute to martyrs and the living
Art news
June 23, 2011
No time for art: A tribute to martyrs and the living
Combining the sincerity of a personal testimony with the drama of scripted dialogue, theater director Laila Soliman’s latest play “No…
Spring Awakening: Teenage wasteland
Art news
April 8, 2010
Spring Awakening: Teenage wasteland
Downtown's Rawabet Theater received a refreshing, albeit short-lived, dose of creativity recently with Laila Soliman's adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891…