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Most times that Palestinian artist and musician Reem Kelani was in Tahrir Square, she took her tape recorder along. She…

In the run-up to the anniversary of the 25 January revolution, a street art campaign dubbed “Mad Graffiti Week” spread…

Remember the world map hanging on your classroom wall? You must have gathered around it with friends, trying to locate…

Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid said Wednesday that his attempts to engage Islamist groups in dialogue have not fared as…

When Shayma Kamel speaks about her work, she laughs a lot. She has rolled up into her painting-collages a whole…

The slowdown in the tourism sector since the revolution began had many drawbacks. But one positive outcome critics had hoped…

Contemporary art in Egypt is often framed in social and political terms, but at the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, director…

VENICE — In the tourist Mecca of Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, the Doge’s Palace is currently holding an exhibition called…

When the revolution began in early 2011, artists were optimistic, as a heightened sense of free speech seemingly entered the…

A man has a job, he hates it. It's not that he's bad at it, in fact he's quite good.…