Culture

  Since the 18th century, Egypt has had a public authority responsible for the registration, inventory and security of its…

The politics were somber, the mood was buoyant. The audience was small, about half the capacity of the El Sawy…

Since the Institut d'Egypte burned down in December during clashes resulting from a sit-in by the cabinet being violently dispersed…

Ramzy Mustafa’s new exhibition in the Bab Gallery at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art employs many of the familiar…

DOHA — In “Translation in and of the World,” a three-day-conference organized in Doha by the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, the…

Update: PalFest organizers were granted on Thursday afternoon travel permits by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to travel to Gaza…

Egypt was one of just 14 countries represented by submissions to this year's Caine Prize for African Writing, sometimes referred…

During late President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s reign, Egypt was generally seen as a site for booming industry, with factories erected…

There’s something infuriating about Otaak Band. Their CD release party at the Cairo Jazz Club — which saw six musicians…

Tarek Eltayeb’s “The Palm House” has the beginnings of a strong and important novel. For the first 160 pages, the…