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Types of Zar

Types of Zar

  A description of Zar ceremonies and the psychological, physical, social, economic, and aesthetic aspects of the Zar ritual.Source: extracts…
Spirit Music

Spirit Music

In Egypt, spirits have their own music"O Yawra beih, you are so handsome, wearing your Tarboush (Fez), my yearning brought…
“Collecting souvenirs”

“Collecting souvenirs”

On Blue fish, beautiful women and the state of Egyptian modern art The paintings show beautiful women dressed in white linen,…
Innocence robbed

Innocence robbed

The American University in Cairo staged its first full length Arabic play on its new campus at the Malak Gabr…
Staging provocation

Staging provocation

Al-Masry Al-Youm caught up with Mahmoud El Lozy, professor of theatre at the American University in Cairo (AUC), to discuss…
Exploring public space in Cairo

Exploring public space in Cairo

After a three-year investigation into the urban landscape of the great Cairo megalopolis, Swiss Artist Maia Gusberti is currently exhibiting…
Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down

Life on the moon, a tortoise that carries the earth on its back and the rhetorical question: Chicken or egg?…
Royal fusion

Royal fusion

With an aim to encourage tolerance and collaboration Mohamed Mounir, widely regarded as royalty among Egyptian musicians, and Algerian Cheb…
Egyptian design leader Alchemy opens a branch in Bahrain

Egyptian design leader Alchemy opens a branch in Bahrain

Alchemy, one of the leading Egyptian design companies, is expanding its scope of action through the opening of a new…
Identities reexamined

Identities reexamined

A project of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia’s Artists in Residence program, Where Are You? is a contemporary art…
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