Culture

In recent weeks, Alexandria’s corniche has been the site of a remarkable artistic phenomenon. Young activists have used graffiti to…

After eight years spent trying to break into the music business, it took less than two weeks for Ramy Essam…

Mohamed El-Baz's new book, "The Last Pharoah," discusses the reign, corruption and eventual fall of former President Hosni Mubarak. But…

Last week at downtown’s Rawabet Theater, the Egyptian writer, theater director and founder of Sabeel for the Arts, Dalia Basiouny,…

Yesterday, near Tahrir square--the place that witnessed the first spark of the revolution--The American University in Cairo Press opened its…

The red lines that box in Egypt’s literary scene have both lightened and darkened under the 30-year Mubarak regime. Space…

This time last year, Hajj Sueilam would sit in his Nasr City cigarette kiosk and look out at a low…

The 2011 Cairo Documentary Festival, Egypt Rising, concluded its program on Saturday evening at the American University in Cairo’s Tahrir…

On 25 May 2006, Angola launched the Icarus 13, the world’s first space mission to the sun. For two years,…

Alexandria--“That’s a major success,” said poet Hamdy Zidan, describing the large audience who came to the ceremony commemorating the 129th…