Art

Final Issue: ‘Crop’ challenges dominance of state-produced photos

The Photoshopped image featuring President Hosni Mubarak.
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here. In early September 2010, a group of influential global leaders...
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Final Issue: Five great films, books and works of art

In "The Black Dot" (2010) by Egyptian author Walid Taher, a group of children triumphs over a mysterious, oppressive dot.
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here. From street art to a kitsch 1970s film, books that capture the...
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An artistic duo re-presents a dying art in Cairo starting tonight

The artistic duo Marion and Ghazi Frini experiment with live video projections, contemporary dance and performance as well as shadow theater in their 2012 production, "I'm Nobody's Shadow." Image courtesy of M. Maffioli
24 Apr 2013
As they walked out from “I’m Nobody’s Shadow” onto the streets of the ancient city of Tunis, audiences couldn’t help but smile. The 20-minute long performance, shown in September as part of the Dream City...
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The pick: Bahr Abu Greisha’s ‘Rahhal’

20 Apr 2013
Whether you want to dance the drunken night away, or wallow in solitary self-pity, Bahr Abu Greisha is your man. I don’t know much about the singer, but I know enough to strongly recommend him to anyone with a working ear or two and...
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For Al-Khayal Al-Shaabi theater troupe, Egypt is a dynamic stage

  Al-Khayal Al-Shaabi has performed ‘The Colors of the Revolution’ about 70 times. For D-CAF, they performed in Badrashin and Assiut. Photo by Mohamed Fathallah
19 Apr 2013
The crowd gathers quickly. In a burst of color and sound, the troupe drums, sings and dances, leading the growing crowd until they settle on a spot. The actors — each dressed in monocolor, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white and...
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D-CAF picks of the week

Photo courtesy of D-CAF
18 Apr 2013
The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival offers in its final week an exciting program for the community of Downtown Cairo.   SMSlingshot This interactive outdoor installation by VR/urban of Germany enables people to reclaim...
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A Q&A with leading mahraganat singer Sadat

Image courtesy of SADAT
18 Apr 2013
It’s not shaaby, and it’s not moulid music. It’s a mahragan, or a “festival,” and Sadat should know, considering he’s the one who coined the term, proudly so. “We were the first ones to ever...
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‘The Magic of the State’: An ambitious and relevant art show in Cairo

17 Apr 2013
“The Magic of the State,” held last month at the Beirut art space in Agouza, took a lot of time. Dreamy and odd, but also super-informative if visitors wanted it to be, the four pieces on the villa’s ground floor and the...
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WWI epic arises out of dirt and creativity

17 Apr 2013
As part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), Dutch theater company Hotel Modern, along with composer Arthur Sauer, gave their first performance of “The Great War” in the Arab world on Tuesday night at the AUC...
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'My Nineties' art project presents Egyptian TV through our collective memory

Courtesy of Mohamed Allam
16 Apr 2013
Nostalgia is such a confusing feeling. You listen to a sweet song and it makes you feel bad because it reminds you of your ex, or you love a tasteless unhealthy meal because it reminds you of your mother’s cooking and being a child...
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