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Samaa Sufi Music Festival closes with a mesmerizing performance

Samaa Sufi Music Festival closes with a mesmerizing performance

Thirteenth century Sufi preacher and poet Jalal Eddin al-Rumi praised Samaa - sessions devoted to listening to dhikr (which means "rememberance") music, often…
Al-Qahira changes the look of locally made crafts

Al-Qahira changes the look of locally made crafts

Describing itself as 100 percent "Made in Egypt," Al-Qahira is a homegrown interior accessories store where each item demonstrates excellent…
Egypt’s Museums: Amir Taz Palace relates story of artist and activist Inji Aflatoun

Egypt’s Museums: Amir Taz Palace relates story of artist and activist Inji Aflatoun

Inji Aflatoun is a painter whose art is difficult to separate from her politics. But Aflatoun’s ideology and fighting spirit…
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,…
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