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Obstructions: Cairo Photo Marathon

Obstructions: Cairo Photo Marathon

When Maha ‘Oun--a public health consultant—took her second photograph titled “Divorce me! Divorce me! Divorce me!” for the 12-hour Cairo…
Photo Dreams: A young hopeful in the Photo Marathon

Photo Dreams: A young hopeful in the Photo Marathon

Yesterday’s Cairo Photo Marathon seems to have gone off without a (major) hitch, but that doesn’t mean that it came…
Gender and security: The Cairo Photo Marathon begins

Gender and security: The Cairo Photo Marathon begins

Despite an ominous weather forecast and unusually gloomy morning skies, Saturday’s Cairo Photo Marathon proceeded as scheduled, with a small…
Fire in Cairo: New documentary explores the burning of the Cairo Opera House

Fire in Cairo: New documentary explores the burning of the Cairo Opera House

"The Burning of the Cairo Opera," a new documentary from veteran director of photography Kamal Abdel-Aziz, recalls the shock around…
Culture Ministry postpones Cairo International Book Fair

Culture Ministry postpones Cairo International Book Fair

The Ministry of Culture Thursday postponed the 43rd Cairo International Book Fair from 26 January until 29 January. The ministry…
Tok Tok: A magazine marks a new era for Egyptian comics

Tok Tok: A magazine marks a new era for Egyptian comics

Before the launch of Egypt's first magazine dedicated to comic book art for grown-ups, even cartoonists who were not involved…
All buzz, no bite: ‘The Green Hornet’ disappoints

All buzz, no bite: ‘The Green Hornet’ disappoints

When it was announced that Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “The Science of Sleep”) would direct “The…
Egypt’s Museums XV: CULTNAT unveils Egypt’s photographic past

Egypt’s Museums XV: CULTNAT unveils Egypt’s photographic past

The nineteenth-century British photographer Francis Frith made his reputation in the 1850s with his iconic photographs of Egypt and the…
Self-censorship: Coptic representation in literature

Self-censorship: Coptic representation in literature

There is, perhaps, an upside to novelists laboring in relative obscurity. While a recent Christian-Muslim unity concert in Alexandria was…
Cairo Photo-Marathon set for Saturday

Cairo Photo-Marathon set for Saturday

This Saturday’s Cairo Photo Marathon, a one-day photography experiment sponsored by the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) and International Media…
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