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Delights at Theodor’s

Delights at Theodor’s

Nestled away under the knobby tree canopies of Road 15 in Maadi lies a self-proclaimed antique and vintage store named…
A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent

A grand attempt to draw connections across the continent

The exhibition “Visionary Africa: Art at Work” currently on display near the entrance to Al-Azhar Park is a project of…
Man is the true legend in ‘Soul Boy’

Man is the true legend in ‘Soul Boy’

Screened at the Luxor African Film Festival last weekend, the Kenyan film “Soul Boy” is a seminal production in African…
Authorities ban film featuring Muslim-Copt love story, intellectuals say

Authorities ban film featuring Muslim-Copt love story, intellectuals say

Censorship authorities have banned the screening of a movie that features a love story between a Coptic woman and a Muslim man,…
Mubarak regime figures remain a Lebanese taboo

Mubarak regime figures remain a Lebanese taboo

Lebanese censors on Saturday reversed their decision to ban “On the Importance of Being an Arab,” a monodrama by Egyptian…
Soueif’s ‘Cairo: My City’ spins stories within stories to keep a revolution alive

Soueif’s ‘Cairo: My City’ spins stories within stories to keep a revolution alive

  Ahdaf Soueif’s “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution” is an addition to the blossoming genre of “revolution diary” literature. It…
Researchers, museum push to open UN archive documenting World War II cases

Researchers, museum push to open UN archive documenting World War II cases

Locked inside U.N. headquarters is a huge but largely unknown archive documenting 10,000 cases against accused World War II criminals,…
Threads of ‘Narrating the Arab Spring’

Threads of ‘Narrating the Arab Spring’

Many of us have spoken and thought of those we wished were present to witness — and perhaps participate in — the…
‘Listen, Abdel Samie’: A superb elucidation of a shrewd novel

‘Listen, Abdel Samie’: A superb elucidation of a shrewd novel

An old woman suddenly emerges from the audience, calling and wailing over her beloved Abdel Samie. Then, a spotlight lands…
Culture Minister denies that Egyptian Artists Syndicate boycotts Tunisian artists

Culture Minister denies that Egyptian Artists Syndicate boycotts Tunisian artists

Egyptian Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid said news circulating that the Egyptian Artists Syndicate is boycotting Tunisian artists is groundless. The minister…
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