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Book review: Police tell all horrors

Book review: Police tell all horrors

Literature has always been fascinated with politics, power and the police, and Egyptian literature is no exception. Police officers have…
Egypt’s Museums XVII: Bad propaganda at the Military Museum

Egypt’s Museums XVII: Bad propaganda at the Military Museum

There are two possible entrances to the National Military Museum. The first is a wide marble walkway, bisected by an…
Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust

Egypt officially requests Nefertiti bust

Egypt has submitted an official request to Germany to return a bust of Nefertiti displayed in a Berlin Museum, following…
Tache gallery opens in Designopolis

Tache gallery opens in Designopolis

Saturday marked the opening of Designopolis’s new gallery, Tache. Founders Taya El Zayad and Cherine Badrawy have developed the space…
Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour

Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour

Best known by the moniker the Narcicyst, artist Yassin Alsalman demonstrates the possibilities of non-violent resistance through hip-hop. The Iraqi-Canadian…
Dialogue through art: France’s ‘Of Gods and Men’

Dialogue through art: France’s ‘Of Gods and Men’

Culture and art are the lifeblood of a democratic society that wants to renovate itself. Cinema is one art form…
‘Lady Boy’: A defense of Egyptian homosexuals?

‘Lady Boy’: A defense of Egyptian homosexuals?

Egyptian journalist Ahmed Saad is softspoken and reserved and a devoted Muslim. The 20-year-old is also a self-proclaimed gay rights…
Bands to Watch: Puzzle

Bands to Watch: Puzzle

Halfway through a scholarly monologue on the misleading limitations of the term “experimental music,"  Wael el-Sayed, accordionist for new local…
Equal opportunity to create: New performances break the rules

Equal opportunity to create: New performances break the rules

After six days of dance performances and plays, the third edition of 2B Continued Laboratory and Festival ended its run…
Egypt’s Museums XVI: Competition in Qatar

Egypt’s Museums XVI: Competition in Qatar

On 30 December 2010, Mathaf: The Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar opened its doors to the public…
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