Culture

The Contemporary Image Collective downtown space was close to bursting on Wednesday night. Visitors packed into the gallery’s meeting space…

Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid said Wednesday that his attempts to engage Islamist groups in dialogue have not fared as…

A two-bedroom apartment might seem like a tiny space to write about, but iconic writer Ibrahim Aslan, who died last…

When Shayma Kamel speaks about her work, she laughs a lot. She has rolled up into her painting-collages a whole…

The slowdown in the tourism sector since the revolution began had many drawbacks. But one positive outcome critics had hoped…

Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the…

Contemporary art in Egypt is often framed in social and political terms, but at the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, director…

In her debut novel, British-Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh has set herself a very difficult task. “Out of It,” published by…

VENICE — In the tourist Mecca of Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, the Doge’s Palace is currently holding an exhibition called…

When the revolution began in early 2011, artists were optimistic, as a heightened sense of free speech seemingly entered the…