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Color and brass: Salameka offers high-end home accessories
February 19, 2013
Color and brass: Salameka offers high-end home accessories
For the last two years, Salma Mostafa al-Feky has been developing her line of home accessories, Salameka, and expanding her…
Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
February 18, 2013
Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to…
Wasla.fm makes the connection
February 17, 2013
Wasla.fm makes the connection
As the number of active Internet users continues to rise in the Middle East and North Africa, social networking and…
‘Metaphysics’: One man’s enduring passion for painting
February 13, 2013
‘Metaphysics’: One man’s enduring passion for painting
At a commercial gallery in Zamalek, there is currently an exhibition of work by an Egyptian painter and writer who…
Egyptian Project debuts with their electronic-folk album ‘Ya Amar’
February 11, 2013
Egyptian Project debuts with their electronic-folk album ‘Ya Amar’
“Our folkloric instruments are dying,” says 61-year old, Egyptian musician Salama Metwally as he tunes his favorite rababa. He is…
Amid increasing censorship, Georges Bahgory reflects on bygone artistic era
February 6, 2013
Amid increasing censorship, Georges Bahgory reflects on bygone artistic era
“I feel like I am one of the last remaining people of an Egypt that will soon be dead forever,”…
Popular singer Mohamed al-Ezaby dies at 74
February 6, 2013
Popular singer Mohamed al-Ezaby dies at 74
Popular singer Mohamed al-Ezaby died on Wednesday morning after being rushed to a Mohandiseen hospital. The 74-year-old suffered from unspecified…
Fact box: Shortest-living culture ministers since the 25 January revolution
February 5, 2013
Fact box: Shortest-living culture ministers since the 25 January revolution
Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab is the fifth Culture Minister to submit his resignation in the two years since the…
Culture Minister Saber Arab resigns, citing ongoing violence
February 5, 2013
Culture Minister Saber Arab resigns, citing ongoing violence
Culture Minister Saber Arab submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Monday in protest of the violence that erupted across…
The Nile Project debuts with a cross-cultural bang
February 3, 2013
The Nile Project debuts with a cross-cultural bang
“My southerners, my southerners,” sang Egyptian musician Dina El Wedidi during the closing set of The Nile Project's concert in…