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The city that is not a city

The city that is not a city

The photographs of the fields, some romantically clouded with mist, the donkeys, the palm trees, the expanses of crops. Greens…
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point

Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point

Ahmed Kassim handles paint confidently. He uses it in a relaxed way. He paints silhouettes and fills them in cursorily…
Color and brass: Salameka offers high-end home accessories

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

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

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

‘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’

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

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

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

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…
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