Culture
Sound art workshop remixes Cairo’s noise
February 27, 2013
Sound art workshop remixes Cairo’s noise
“Can’t you hear the rhythm?” asks local musician and curator, Yara Mekawei with her ears perked toward the street below…
Cairo Opera House director dies at 64
February 26, 2013
Cairo Opera House director dies at 64
Former Cairo Opera House director Abdel Moneim Kamel passed away on Monday, at the age of 64. Kamel has been…
The pick: ‘The Devil Rules’ urges readers to think critically
February 25, 2013
The pick: ‘The Devil Rules’ urges readers to think critically
Mostafa Mahmoud’s 2004 “The Devil Rules” is a book about hippies, rising drug abuse and Western supremacy over the Arab…
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
February 24, 2013
From Amman to Cairo: Lara’s Crafts brings creations to Egyptian market
Lara’s Crafts first launched in Amman, started by two young women with great ambitions. Almost 10 years later, Lara and…
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
February 24, 2013
Prominent fiction writer Mahmoud Salem dies at 84
Prominent mystery fiction writer Mahmoud Salem died Sunday at the age of 84, after a life full of adventure, both…
Navigating the space between American readers and Iraqi writers
February 24, 2013
Navigating the space between American readers and Iraqi writers
The book about Iraq most well-known to English readers is perhaps Chris Kyle’s best-selling “American Sniper,” a memoir told from…
The city that is not a city
February 23, 2013
The city that is not a city
The photographs of the fields, some romantically clouded with mist, the donkeys, the palm trees, the expanses of crops. Greens…
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
February 22, 2013
The pick: Vast knowledge from a rubbish heap, and other surprises
Indian author Amitav Ghosh wrote “In an Antique Land” in 1992. It has two parallel narratives, one about his stay…
Tourists flock to Abu Simbel to witness solar phenomenon
February 22, 2013
Tourists flock to Abu Simbel to witness solar phenomenon
Thousands gathered on Friday to witness a unique solar phenomenon that occurs twice yearly at the Abu Simbel Temple south…
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point
February 20, 2013
Ahmed Kassim’s ‘Chaotic Order’ labors the point
Ahmed Kassim handles paint confidently. He uses it in a relaxed way. He paints silhouettes and fills them in cursorily…