Culture

For people keen on unearthing the best of Western and Arabic literature, the collection of mini-libraries and bookstores under the…

“We turn your house into a home” is the slogan of La Clé, a furniture store newly opened 

On 16 January, two days after Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali resigned, Mohamed Tawfik drew a simple cartoon. In…

A transparent plastic tent decorated with an Egyptian flag erected over a couple of blankets is the highlight of the…

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…