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Off Biennale: Cairo Documenta cuts out the middleman
January 18, 2011
Off Biennale: Cairo Documenta cuts out the middleman
Documenta, the brainchild of German painter Arnold Bode, is a mega contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany every five…
Obstructions: Cairo Photo Marathon
January 17, 2011
Obstructions: Cairo Photo Marathon
When Maha ‘Oun--a public health consultant—took her second photograph titled “Divorce me! Divorce me! Divorce me!” for the 12-hour Cairo…
Photo Dreams: A young hopeful in the Photo Marathon
January 16, 2011
Photo Dreams: A young hopeful in the Photo Marathon
Yesterday’s Cairo Photo Marathon seems to have gone off without a (major) hitch, but that doesn’t mean that it came…
Gender and security: The Cairo Photo Marathon begins
January 15, 2011
Gender and security: The Cairo Photo Marathon begins
Despite an ominous weather forecast and unusually gloomy morning skies, Saturday’s Cairo Photo Marathon proceeded as scheduled, with a small…
Tok Tok: A magazine marks a new era for Egyptian comics
January 13, 2011
Tok Tok: A magazine marks a new era for Egyptian comics
Before the launch of Egypt's first magazine dedicated to comic book art for grown-ups, even cartoonists who were not involved…
Egypt’s Museums XV: CULTNAT unveils Egypt’s photographic past
January 12, 2011
Egypt’s Museums XV: CULTNAT unveils Egypt’s photographic past
The nineteenth-century British photographer Francis Frith made his reputation in the 1850s with his iconic photographs of Egypt and the…
Cairo Photo-Marathon set for Saturday
January 11, 2011
Cairo Photo-Marathon set for Saturday
This Saturday’s Cairo Photo Marathon, a one-day photography experiment sponsored by the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) and International Media…
Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo
January 11, 2011
Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo
In terms of non-violent protest, few things can be as emotionally engaging as music, a fact clearly reflected in the…
‘What do you do exactly?’: Sarah Rifky on being a curator
January 10, 2011
‘What do you do exactly?’: Sarah Rifky on being a curator
– What do you do, again? Sorry, I never seem to get it right. – I am a curator. –…
Solidarity denied: Authorities cancel scheduled Alex concert
January 9, 2011
Solidarity denied: Authorities cancel scheduled Alex concert
In an unfortunate example of life imitating art, a concert headlined by the musicians featured in critically-acclaimed independent Egyptian film…