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Folkloric feel

Folkloric feel

For a band that’s been around for more than three decades, the Nile Band for Traditional Instruments isn’t as well…
Q&A with A Fula’s Call: The musical outcome of globalization

Q&A with A Fula’s Call: The musical outcome of globalization

Afro-Jazz fusion Dutch band A Fula's Call, in town for this weekend's Artbeat Festival, are in some ways, living proof…
Marcel Wanders wonders

Marcel Wanders wonders

Elle Decoration's two-time designer of the year Marcel Wanders is keeping himself busy. His latest project, Villa Moda in Bahrain,…
The Egyptian Arab: No place like home

The Egyptian Arab: No place like home

Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy knows his craft and cares about it. The actor, known for picking original ideas and developing…
All night long

All night long

For centuries, the tales recounted in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights have provided readers around the world with a…
El-Dealer: A new low

El-Dealer: A new low

El-Dealer (The Dealer), starring Ahmed el-Saqa and Khaled el-Nabawi, is the latest addition to a series of unfortunate projects el-Saqa…
Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’

Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’

El-Ragol Zul Badla el-Baydaa el-Sharkskin, Waqaea Khoroug Aeila Yahodia Men Misr ('The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish…
Q&A with Adel Yehia, dean of Egypt’s High Cinema Institute

Q&A with Adel Yehia, dean of Egypt’s High Cinema Institute

Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni formed a committee of legal experts and professors from Egypt's High Cinema Institute to investigate…
International books digest

International books digest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland. (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010). David Kamp…
Artbeat festival to run from 10 to 13 June

Artbeat festival to run from 10 to 13 June

The Artbeat festival promises four days of art commotion in Egypt. The festival, brainchild of the Cairo Jazz Club, Darb…
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