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Paint your home to soothe your psyche
March 5, 2012
Paint your home to soothe your psyche
Painting the walls of your home may seem like one of the quickest ways to update your interior design scheme,…
A new generation of Saudi artists emerges with Edge of Arabia
March 5, 2012
A new generation of Saudi artists emerges with Edge of Arabia
The Edge of Arabia group, a loose coalition of contemporary artists from Saudi Arabia, has birthed a powerful and experimental…
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
March 5, 2012
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
Activists have created a Facebook page entitled “Noun al-Neswa,” which aims at breaking some social taboos related to women in…
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
March 4, 2012
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
Since the 25 January revolution broke out last year, many musicians have been looking to Egypt for inspiration and at…
Photo show captures Bob Dylan as young rock star
March 3, 2012
Photo show captures Bob Dylan as young rock star
Rare photographs of Bob Dylan, shot over a year-long period in the mid-1960s, go on show in Paris next week…
Contemporary dance at Townhouse: The close gaze
March 1, 2012
Contemporary dance at Townhouse: The close gaze
Karima Mansour and Daria Gusberti’s multimedia dance performance, “Whilst closely gazing at the soup...” is not to be missed. The…
Delights at Theodor’s
February 28, 2012
Delights at Theodor’s
Nestled away under the knobby tree canopies of Road 15 in Maadi lies a self-proclaimed antique and vintage store named…
A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent
February 28, 2012
A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent
The exhibition “Visionary Africa: Art at Work” currently on display near the entrance to Al-Azhar Park is a project of…
Mubarak regime figures remain a Lebanese taboo
February 26, 2012
Mubarak regime figures remain a Lebanese taboo
Lebanese censors on Saturday reversed their decision to ban “On the Importance of Being an Arab,” a monodrama by Egyptian…
‘Listen, Abdel Samie’: A superb elucidation of a shrewd novel
February 24, 2012
‘Listen, Abdel Samie’: A superb elucidation of a shrewd novel
An old woman suddenly emerges from the audience, calling and wailing over her beloved Abdel Samie. Then, a spotlight lands…