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Egypt's Museums III: The Coptic Museum

Leather covers of the Nag Hammadi codices at the Coptic Museum in Cairo
13 Oct 2010
The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group of Egyptian school children and Coptic families, who visit the museum after church service, get to realize that the Coptic...
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Lise Allam's Doll: Childhood revisited

From the Doll exhibtion by Danish Egyptian artist Lise Allam at the Gezirah Art Center
12 Oct 2010
A painting of a baby doll missing an eyeball, suspended upside down beside a harlequin marionette; a white butterfly standing on the arm of a doll missing a ring finger and right toes--these are only a few of the pieces in Doll, an...
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International Circus Festival: I Baccalà

I Baccala perform their "apple" number
08 Oct 2010
“Pss pss” was the only word heard during the one-hour show of the clown duo I Baccalà, the Italian troupe who thrilled the crowd yesterday at El Genaina Theater on the second day of the Cairo International Circus Festival....
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Museum news: Hassan Heshmat Museum in grave danger

Hassan Heshmat Museum out of shape: dusty statues and steel bars all around, Ain Shams, Cairo, October 6, 2010.
07 Oct 2010
If you look behind the green iron fence surrounding the villa across from the Ain Shams Metro station, you will notice there are a number of statues next to a small security booth. According to the brass sign next to the gate, this is the...
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Big top: The first Cairo International Circus Festival begins

Cairo Circus Festival
07 Oct 2010
Yesterday at the beautiful marble promenade in Al Azhar park, a huge crowd gathered for the opening of the Cairo International Circus festival, a two stage, two and a half week series of performances by circus troupes from Belgium to...
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The return of Fairouz: Hope for a new album

"Eih, Fi Amal" (Yes, There is Hope), the forthcoming album from Fairouz
05 Oct 2010
Nihad Hadad, known to the Arab world as Fairouz, is considered by many to be the most important singer alive today in the Middle East. But the Lebanese diva, who at the age of 74 has made over one hundred albums, has not released original...
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Walter Chappell's Metaflora: Auras and electrons

From Walter Chappell's Metaflora
05 Oct 2010
“These electron images of plant life were realized without a camera in total darkness,” reads the invitation to the Metaflora exhibition currently showing at the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Photographic Gallery,...
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Egyptian cassette union takes aim at online IPR violators in Arab world

A screen shot of one of the free downloads websites
04 Oct 2010
In an attempt to protect intellectual property rights (IPR), the Egyptian Cassette Production Union on Monday sent a list of websites that allow users to download copyrighted music illegally to the Ministry of Communications. Union head...
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Urban Culture Gathering: Singing to remember, dancing to forget

Ibrahim, one of the two members of Asfalt band
03 Oct 2010
The energy on stage at al-Genina theatre in Al-Azhar park last Thursday night was in attack mode for the opening night of a three-day Urban Culture Gathering. Dancers break danced, hip hop artists performed and people cheered, their...
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World Culture: Star Wars in 3-D, Facebook on film, murals all over

The Social Network
01 Oct 2010
In a new series called "World culture," the Al-Masry Al-Youm culture staff reviews the week’s best, worst, and biggest in art, books, cinema, and more. Star Wars might be coming out in 3-D, for better or for worse. Anyone...
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