Culture
Four steps to buying and caring for your Christmas Poinsettia
December 22, 2010
Four steps to buying and caring for your Christmas Poinsettia
Whether or not you are buying a tree this year, Christmas time is always a little more festive with poinsettias…
Book Review: A novel of betrayal
December 22, 2010
Book Review: A novel of betrayal
At the 2010 Naguib Mahfouz Medal ceremony, AUC Press Director Mark Linz produced a freshly printed copy of Amina Zaydan’s…
Off Biennale: Intimacy between strangers
December 21, 2010
Off Biennale: Intimacy between strangers
Several flights up a dark stairwell waits the Contemporary Image Collective’s (CIC) current show, a solo exhibition from Egyptian artist…
Culture Minister: Museum of Civilization to open doors next September
December 20, 2010
Culture Minister: Museum of Civilization to open doors next September
President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate Egypt's new Museum of Civilization in September of next year, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni…
Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting
December 20, 2010
Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting
Egyptian painter Hany Rashed has undergone many stylistic shifts throughout his career, displaying a kind of risk-taking curiosity that has…
Opera House announces 2010 Christmas concerts
December 20, 2010
Opera House announces 2010 Christmas concerts
The Cairo Opera House on Monday announced its special Christmas and New Year’s Eve concerts. The performances will include popular…
Alexandria’s only Jewish monument eyed for restoration
December 20, 2010
Alexandria’s only Jewish monument eyed for restoration
Authorities in Alexandria are preparing plans for the restoration of the city’s only Jewish monument. The synagogue on Nabi Daniel…
Opera House to commemorate Fareed al-Attrash
December 20, 2010
Opera House to commemorate Fareed al-Attrash
The Opera House will host three concerts in the coming week at its branches in Cairo, Alexandria and Damanhour in…
Rango: An instrument of revival
December 19, 2010
Rango: An instrument of revival
In the crammed cube that is El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music’s Tanboura Hall, audience and performers were forced…
Off Biennale: Spain meets Egypt
December 18, 2010
Off Biennale: Spain meets Egypt
The One and the Multiple, an exhibition currently at Artellewa--co-curated by Pedro Soler, director of the Barcelona center Hangar, and…