Culture

Egypt's antiquities authority announced on Wednesday the discovery of an ancient trading settlement in one of its desert oases dating…

This year’s Ramadan TV shows have apparently all been characterized by disappointment.

Last week, as part of our Alf Leila We Leila Ramadan storytelling series, we brought you the tale of the…

The theft of van Gogh’s Poppy Flowers from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum exposed the poor security conditions in Egyptian…

In his new book “Caliph of Cairo” (AUC Press, 2009), Paul E. Walker, a historian of Medieval Islamic history based…

“The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam” By Eliza Griswold (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010.)

Reem Talhami, the Palestinian singer best known for her independent album "Ashiqa" (A lover), released in the early 2000s, owned…

Ramadan is a time of fasting, self-restraint, and good deeds. It is also an occasion for storytelling, either in celebration…

Darb 17 18, a nonprofit cultural organization, together with the Cairo Jazz Club, is currently organizing a series of art…