Culture
Obstructions: Cairo Photo Marathon
January 17, 2011
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
January 16, 2011
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
January 15, 2011
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
January 14, 2011
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
January 14, 2011
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
January 13, 2011
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
January 13, 2011
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
January 12, 2011
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
January 12, 2011
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
January 11, 2011
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…