Culture
National Theater Festival postponed due to security fears
July 17, 2011
National Theater Festival postponed due to security fears
With audiences and critics anticipating the opening on Tuesday 19 July of the sixth session of the National Theater Festival,…
Music post-revolution sounds like resistance
July 17, 2011
Music post-revolution sounds like resistance
The rift between mainstream and underground music bands and crooners became highly visible over the past decade, with the latter…
Alexandria commemorates Egyptian scholar Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid
July 16, 2011
Alexandria commemorates Egyptian scholar Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid
This month several cultural centers across the seaside city of Alexandria are commemorating the first anniversary of the death of…
Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam’s past, author says
July 15, 2011
Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam’s past, author says
NEW YORK--Eight year-old Mustafa Akyol was looking at a book in his grandfather's library when he saw something that shocked…
Tahrir graffiti takes on new colors
July 14, 2011
Tahrir graffiti takes on new colors
About a dozen artists were hard at work on Wednesday evening, painting a 100-square-meter section of asphalt nearby the KFC…
Bands to Watch: Soopar Lox
July 14, 2011
Bands to Watch: Soopar Lox
About a month ago, I remember being at Cairo Jazz Club, bopping my head to some refreshing electronic music that…
Q&A with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal
July 13, 2011
Q&A with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal
After years of rejection by the Mubarak regime on the grounds that Egyptian antiquities are an issue of “national sovereignty,”…