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Farouk Hosni, one of Egypt's longest serving ministers under former President Hosni Mubarak, defended himself on a talk show Monday,…

There is little of the quiet contemplation or stillness that often accompanies art events. On Lazoughly Square around the corner…

Many Cairenes are moving away from listening to vinyl records to CDs and MP3s. Still, for some, the experience of…

Even in the most dismal of economies, sex sells — and Egyptian artist Nadine Hammam is good at selling it.

At this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, the most sought-after books were those about Arab revolutions. Titles about revolution, in…

Immediately following the first 18 days of the revolution, Egyptian women around the country had greater hopes that their profile…

Asghar Farhadi, the director who won Iran's first-ever Oscar for his movie "A Separation," declared on Saturday he would never…

In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Religious Endowments has refused to issue a permit that…

I know Mohamed Mahmoud Street quite well, albeit in more tempered times. I used to traipse back and forth down…