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Force Majeure: Engage, not understand

Force Majeure: Engage, not understand

The Force Majeure performances are meant to engage rather than distract; this was co-curator Adham Hafez’s comment on the show…
Council of Citizens: Civil society for the critical

Council of Citizens: Civil society for the critical

Council of Citizens, a film by Danish artist Soren Thilo Funder, is currently on view at the Rawabet Theater space…
Egypt first-time guest at Cannes film festival

Egypt first-time guest at Cannes film festival

The Cannes International Film Festival on Thursday announced a new plan to host a "guest country" at the festival each…
Ground communication: Xavier Puigmarti at Mashrabia

Ground communication: Xavier Puigmarti at Mashrabia

Entering the Wireless exhibition in Downtown’s Mashrabia Gallery, visitors find postcards of Cosmic – a silhouetted character developed by Spanish…
Their own hands: Q&A with Christie’s Middle East Director Isabelle de la Bruyere

Their own hands: Q&A with Christie’s Middle East Director Isabelle de la Bruyere

The most recent sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art for Christie’s Dubai, held on 19 April,…
Egyptian film hopes to be liberated by revolution

Egyptian film hopes to be liberated by revolution

New York--Before a popular revolt ousted Egypt's autocratic president this year, it seemed certain that a film about the desperation…
Egypt’s Museums: 25 January exhibition at the Pharaonic Village

Egypt’s Museums: 25 January exhibition at the Pharaonic Village

Despite its being a relatively recent chapter in modern Egyptian history, the 25 January revolution has been given its own…
CAM Festival presents 31 shorts films on the revolution

CAM Festival presents 31 shorts films on the revolution

Taking revolution as its main theme, the CAM Film Festival for short films opened its first session yesterday at the…
Zahi Hawass’s traveling revolution exhibition

Zahi Hawass’s traveling revolution exhibition

News about Zahi Hawass -- a clothing line, an arrest, cash rewards for the safe return of antiquities -- changes…
Underground book market: Wilde, Dickens, low prices

Underground book market: Wilde, Dickens, low prices

Finding quality books for a reasonable price in Cairo can be a daunting task. And for those especially keen on…
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