Art news
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
February 24, 2013
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
Lara’s Crafts first launched in Amman, started by two young women with great ambitions. Almost 10 years later, Lara and…
The city that is not a city
February 23, 2013
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
February 20, 2013
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
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…