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Egypt’s Museums IX: The Gayer Anderson Museum

Egypt’s Museums IX: The Gayer Anderson Museum

Cairo’s Gayer Anderson Museum may be a little difficult to find, but the importunate visitor is sure to be rewarded…
Egyptian cassette market faces imminent collapse

Egyptian cassette market faces imminent collapse

Tape cassette producers in Egypt predict a total collapse in the cassette market after album productions declined sharply in 2010. "Production…
Harry Potter and the Long Road to Nowhere

Harry Potter and the Long Road to Nowhere

With the exception of Alfonso Cuaron’s elegant third installment, the Harry Potter films have been a mixed affair at best.…
Dark side of the sun

Dark side of the sun

In the dark confines of the Townhouse Gallery’s Rawabet Theatre, a middle-aged man, strumming his guitar, leans toward the microphone…
Bolbol Hayran: A womanizer’s guide to Egyptian women

Bolbol Hayran: A womanizer’s guide to Egyptian women

What is sad about the movie Bolbol Hayran (Bolbol is Confused) is that it marks actor Ahmed Helmy’s return to…
Living cities: Random impressions of Cairo, Beirut, Berlin

Living cities: Random impressions of Cairo, Beirut, Berlin

1925: Cairo is the most beautiful city in the world…1950: Paris and London compete with Cairo…2010: Barcelona, Mexico City, Comoros…
Al Shorouk, Penguin Group to launch joint publishing project

Al Shorouk, Penguin Group to launch joint publishing project

Egyptian publishing house Dar Al Shorouk together with UK publisher the Penguin Group will launch a major joint project on…
Questions of Activity: Citizen, Participant at Darb 1718

Questions of Activity: Citizen, Participant at Darb 1718

Exploring the interaction between participation and passivity, citizenship and action, curator Pillar Tompkins Rivas brings together seven artists from four…
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: Sometimes economics is not enough

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: Sometimes economics is not enough

In 2007 the US economy was still the world’s Camelot. It was the only real global economic behemoth, representing unquestionable…
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