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Bring Outside In with artificial flowers

Bring Outside In with artificial flowers

The exquisite array of flowers, reflecting a spectrum of colors on the glass shop front of Outside In draws you…
‘RGB,’ a dark horse

‘RGB,’ a dark horse

The “RGB” exhibition at the Townhouse gallery is a dark horse. I must admit that I didn’t get it at…
Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?

Yassin El-Tohami, Ramses Square and a Funhouse?

LONDON - For 14 nights, Hassan Khan and Nida Ghouse sit down in conversation to explore the back catalogue, artistic…
Court rivalry and paternal demands at Gomhouria Theatre

Court rivalry and paternal demands at Gomhouria Theatre

In the shadow of the imposing Abdeen Palace in downtown Cairo, you might come across the exquisite El Gomhouria Theatre.…
Bands to Watch: Dina El Wedidi

Bands to Watch: Dina El Wedidi

Oh homeland we left you, and my tears fled away and died / Homeland you were our hope, and one…
Witches of Salem, witches of Cairo

Witches of Salem, witches of Cairo

Over the past three weeks, Al-Talia Theater has been showing “The Salem Witches,” Egyptian theater director Gamal Yaquot’s adaption of…
What makes it Egyptian?

What makes it Egyptian?

With the global digital media boom over the last 20 years, American television and pop culture have become daily staples…
Caught in the gaze of the eternal eye

Caught in the gaze of the eternal eye

History is rife with instances in which art was used to deliver a specific message or set of beliefs; one…
The Shaabi music breakthrough

The Shaabi music breakthrough

You must have heard the song "I'm the one whose life is so wrong,” by shaabi DJ Amr Haha. The DJs,…
Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House

Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House

If virtuoso violinist and composer Abdo Dagher were Japanese, he would have been declared a national treasure. As it is,…
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