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Dance theater and the unbridgeable gap between people and states

Dance theater and the unbridgeable gap between people and states

Famous German choreographer Sasha Waltz presented her dance-theater production “Zweiland” at el-Gomhurriya Theater on 3 and 4 May after a…
The other lodge

The other lodge

Zad el-Mosafer is worth more than the treasures of Qaroun, writes Frederick Bowie Abdo Gobair is taking it easy. He…
The Art of Disturbing

The Art of Disturbing

Capturing controversy with a caricaturist's eye, Steve Bell has memorably portrayed George Bush as a chimpanzee and Margaret Thatcher as…
Elton John banned from performing in Egypt

Elton John banned from performing in Egypt

British pop star Elton John has been banned from performing at a private concert in Egypt, sponsored by UAE telecommunications…
Selmi’s latest: Boy meets girl, east meets west

Selmi’s latest: Boy meets girl, east meets west

The Scent of Marie-Claire is one of the latest publications from the AUC Press and Habib Selmi’s first work to…
Weekly International Book Digest

Weekly International Book Digest

Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush (Scribner, 2010)Close to a year and a half since her husband finished two…
‘1001 Nights’ faces legal ban…again

‘1001 Nights’ faces legal ban…again

Celebrated oriental literary compilation "One thousand and One Nights" (Alf Leila wa Leila) has ignited controversy once more this week.…
Thorns of life

Thorns of life

A second collection of 17 poems by Egyptian colloquial poet Abdel Rahim Youssef has been published under the title Qetta…
The way of the Sufis

The way of the Sufis

There are 74 Sufi orders in Egypt. Al-Masry Al-Youm reviews some of the founders of Sufism in Egypt.Abul Hassan al-Shazli:
People of The Truth

People of The Truth

In Hakaza Takalam Ibn Arabi (That's How Ibn Arabi Spoke, Al-Markaz Al-Thaqafi Al-Arabi, 2004) Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid writes,"It's difficult…
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