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Highlights from the Samaa Sufi Music Festival

Highlights from the Samaa Sufi Music Festival

For eight consecutive nights, the courtyard of Al-Ghouri Dome in Islamic Cairo has been packed full as the fourth edition…
‘The people’s puppet’: The forgotten art of the aragouz

‘The people’s puppet’: The forgotten art of the aragouz

For a lot of people around the world, the word "clown" conjures a specific mental image - one that involves…
Ramadan TV Wrap-Up: Dramas move away from one-man shows

Ramadan TV Wrap-Up: Dramas move away from one-man shows

One feature of Ramadan dramas this year is the absence of several superstars that viewers have been accustomed to watch…
Badiaa Bouhrizi: A Tunisian musician who engages with the world

Badiaa Bouhrizi: A Tunisian musician who engages with the world

Badiaa Bouhrizi, an underground Tunisian composer and singer, paid her first visit to Egypt last week and performed to an…
‘Lessons in Revolting’: The revolution continues

‘Lessons in Revolting’: The revolution continues

On the opening night of “Lessons in Revolting”, Rawabet Theater was packed full, leaving many disappointed latecomers turned away at…
‘Al-Shahroura’ drama fails to catch a shining star

‘Al-Shahroura’ drama fails to catch a shining star

“Al-Shahroura,” a biographical drama of glamorous and prolific Lebanese singer Sabah showing this month, focuses on the personal life and…
Samaa Sufi Music Festival brings music world together

Samaa Sufi Music Festival brings music world together

Despite being rivals in the political arena, the Indian Qawwali Group and Pakistani Rafi Peer band sang side by side,…
Cairo kitsch embraced as artistic inspiration

Cairo kitsch embraced as artistic inspiration

Generously sprinkled throughout Cairo’s streets there exists an understated art form - that of kitsch art, which has over the…
Egypt’s ‘Western’ music scene loses Talaat Zein

Egypt’s ‘Western’ music scene loses Talaat Zein

Younger generations best know Egyptian singer, Talaat Zein, for his '90s hit “Ta’ala” (Come On) and a local rendition of…
‘Al-Rayan’: a biopic challenged by historical fallacies

‘Al-Rayan’: a biopic challenged by historical fallacies

One of the massive economic changes in 1980s Egypt was the rise of pyramid schemes. Presented as highly rewarding (offering…
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