Culture
Gambling on imagination
March 6, 2012
Gambling on imagination
“I'm a young female, gambling on [people’s] imagination.” This is how the 42-year-old novelist and associate professor of English at…
Nina Shawki Collection: An Egyptian-made bedding option
March 6, 2012
Nina Shawki Collection: An Egyptian-made bedding option
As consumers become keen to buy Egyptian-made products, designers have gained confidence and several small, local fashion and textile business…
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
March 5, 2012
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a…
‘Sing Egyptian Women’ showcases local talent
March 5, 2012
‘Sing Egyptian Women’ showcases local talent
Sixteen Egyptian women took to El Sawy Culture Wheel’s River Hall stage in front of a packed audience on Saturday…
Paint your home to soothe your psyche
March 5, 2012
Paint your home to soothe your psyche
Painting the walls of your home may seem like one of the quickest ways to update your interior design scheme,…
A new generation of Saudi artists emerges with Edge of Arabia
March 5, 2012
A new generation of Saudi artists emerges with Edge of Arabia
The Edge of Arabia group, a loose coalition of contemporary artists from Saudi Arabia, has birthed a powerful and experimental…
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
March 5, 2012
‘Female graffiti’ commemorates first anniversary of virginity tests
Activists have created a Facebook page entitled “Noun al-Neswa,” which aims at breaking some social taboos related to women in…
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
March 4, 2012
Cairo’s Music Freedom Day celebrations break ‘taboos’
Since the 25 January revolution broke out last year, many musicians have been looking to Egypt for inspiration and at…
Archaeologists discover name of lost pharaonic king
March 4, 2012
Archaeologists discover name of lost pharaonic king
Archaeologists have discovered the name of a previously unknown pharaonic king from the 17th dynasty, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali…
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
March 4, 2012
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
The spark at the center of Hassouna Mosbahi’s short novel, “A Tunisian Tale,” is a human immolation. As in the…