Culture

Google is celebrating the 129th anniversary of Sayyed Darwish, an Egyptian musician born on 17 March, 1892, in the city…

For all those who’ve had their fill of revolution-themed songs and patriotic anthems, the Cairo Jazz Festival will be a…

Since 25 January, Egypt’s many museums and archaeological sites have been the victims of looting. Yesterday, it was announced that…

Amid heated debates on the Egyptian Constitution and two weeks before the referendum on proposed amendments to it, Academy Award-winning…

When the Cairo International Book Fair became a casualty of the revolution, the book merchants of Azbakeya Market decided to…

Following the fall of the Mubarak regime, Egyptian artists have been quick to embrace their previously denied right of freedom…

As part of life gradually returning to normal, the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo has resumed its activities. It has…

On 26 February, a mob attacked the mausoleum of Mohamed Sherif Pasha in Cairo’s Al-Sayeda Naffissa district, looting its entire…

Modern Egyptian feminism has taken many forms: religious and secular, public and private. One strand was born during the nationalist…

Popular uprisings that toppled veteran leaders in the Arab world have raised hopes among north African filmmakers that the winds…