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Gambling on imagination

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

‘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’

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

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

‘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…
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