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Kinan Azmeh’s music is hard to classify. It gently captures the audience’s soul, with its smooth mixture of jazz, classical and Arab notes. The 35-year-old Syrian virtuoso is a clarinet player and composer. He loves to blend together...
Despite two weeks of ongoing protests at the country’s main public library and 15 employees at the organization going on a hunger strike, Saber Arab, the recently appointed culture minister, dismissed Zain Abdul Hady and appointed Abdel Nasser...
A puppet can quickly spark controversy; that’s what happened on Saturday evening at the “Meetphool: Mime, Clown and Street performance” event outside the rundown Viennoise Hotel downtown.
We, the audience, were surprised by a...
For the fifth time since the 25 January uprising last year, the Culture Ministry’s leadership changed as part of the recent cabinet reshuffle, with Saber Arab taking over from Shaker Abdel Hamid as minister.
"I accepted the position...
A Bahraini doctor, a female Yemeni writer and an Egyptian football player were sitting on a stage last week to tell their stories about the revolutions.
Hosted by the Spring Festival, organized by the Culture Resource in collaboration with the...
Since the Institut d'Egypte burned down in December during clashes resulting from a sit-in by the cabinet being violently dispersed by police, people have been concerned about the national treasures of rare books damaged by the fire.
Few knew...
Anxious and worried are how the Azbakeya booksellers currently feel, after the government has decided to move their book stalls for the fifth time. They were first moved in 1990 to the Demerdash district, when the state decided to build a multistory...
Over the past week, a rift has grown between cultural activists and El Sawy Culture Wheel, a cultural center founded in 2003 on the Zamalek island, after the latter stopped a performance entitled “Autobus” by the Walsa theater troupe on...
A woman shivers while she walks on stage, hardly breathing. She pretends to be fine, though, and tries to fix her makeup. All seems well for a bit until she suddenly falls to the ground, shouting, “Take me home!”
Each of the five...
The fifth Spring Festival, a showcase of Arab arts and music, starts on Friday night in six cities across Egypt and Lebanon.
The festival opens in Cairo’s Prince Taz Palace with “Turkish Coffee,” a performance of solos, duets...
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