Culture

Ali Farzat is a hero. He has been criticizing – through his cartoons – the Assad governments since the mid-1960s.…

In January and February of this year, the eyes and ears of people around the world were fixed on Egypt.…

Egyptian actress, writer and editor Wiam al-Tamami was awarded the second annual Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize by the Britishing…

A few centuries back, before the spread of writing, an Egyptian narrator would gather people of all ages around him…

Two years ago, organizers of the Cairo International Film Festival were determined to get their hands on the highly anticipated…

– “Palestine,” said Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, “is my country of choice.” Under the banner of “Translating Palestine,” Khoury spoke…

LONDON - Over the past week, London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts hosted the “Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies”…

An exhibition called “Gamal Abdel Nasser … The Dream” opened to much excitement on Sunday night at the Picasso Gallery…

Bearing the name of the first Fatimid Caliph ruling Egypt, Al-Moez Leddine Allah al-Fatimy, and founded in 969 AD, Moez…

The small, spare exhibition space of the Photographic Gallery, located on the American University in Cairo’s New Campus, currently hosts…