Art

Itinerant music show spreads peace in Alexandria’s streets

15 Apr 2013
ALEXANDRIA — Misr Station in downtown Alexandria is not much to look at by the standards of the fading, crumbling glories that prevail in Egypt’s second-largest city. On any given weekday, thousands of commuters flock to the...
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DCAF picks of the week

11 Apr 2013
The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival returns with a month-long program of dance and theater performances, film screenings from across the African continent, an exciting lineup of Egyptian and foreign musicians, interactive art...
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Syrian rapper DeeKay debuts at D-CAF in support of Sham MCs and Khadafi Dub

10 Apr 2013
UPDATE: Only Syrian artists Sham MCs and Khadafi Dub will perform tonight at Sharazade Night Club as DeeKay was unable to fly in from Saudi Arabia. Syrian rapper DeeKay has never before performed in front of a large live audience. In fact...
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'Women on Walls' campaign empowers women via street art

09 Apr 2013
Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch of one of the most exciting, social-conscious street art collaborations to happen this year. “Women on...
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D-CAF echoes in Dresden: An interactive tele-exhibition promises visitors fun surprises

  For the InterLab exhibition, OpenLabEgypt and Kazoosh developed photobooths in Cairo and Dresden so visitors could see themselves with different faces.
06 Apr 2013
I met the 10 InterLAB/Tele-exhibition collaborators less than 48 hours after they had met each other for the first time — they have been working together for some months now, though. Until this past week, they had been communicating...
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Drums, folkloric art festival at Citadel starting 19 April

Cairo's famous citadel falls into darkness for Earth Hour 2010.
04 Apr 2013
The International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts will start in Cairo on 19 April. The seven-day festival is titled "Joined by love for Egypt." Thirty-five troupes from 25 countries will perform at the Citadel, including...
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D-CAF picks of the week

04 Apr 2013
The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival returns in its second edition with a month-long program of dance and theater performances, film screenings from across the African continent, an exciting lineup of Egyptian and foreign musicians,...
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Acclaimed performance has its Arabic premiere in Assiut with little success

03 Apr 2013
After traveling the world when its writer could not, Nassim Soleimapour’s much-translated, critically-acclaimed “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” received its stage — and Arabic language — premiere on Saturday, as...
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Kareem El Qurity’s ‘Passing Faces’ exhibit explores nuances in facial expressions

  In "Passing Faces," most of the characters’ facial expressions are a mixture of Kareem El Qurity’s imagination and the feeling he gets off people on the street. Photo: Kareem El Qurity
01 Apr 2013
Internationally acclaimed Cairene artist Kareem El Qurity is exhibiting a series of mixed-media portraits under the moniker “Passing Faces” at Al Masar Gallery in Zamalek. Stepping into one of the gallery’s brightly lit,...
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New Cairo art space challenges the making of exhibitions and publications

Photo: Nile Sunset Annex
30 Mar 2013
The door to the flat is ajar, an enthusiastic murmur trickles out to the landing of the old Garden City building. The Nile Sunset Annex, Cairo’s newest art-space, is hosting its fourth official event. Walking into the apartment-...
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