Culture

At the American University in Cairo (AUC) this week, the Magda al-Nowaihi Graduate Student Award in Gender Studies went to…

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have reshaped the world, not in terms of geography, but rather in terms…

Eftekasat, an Egyptian jazz band founded in 2001 by pianist and composer Amr Salah, performed yesterday at the closing ceremony…

Cairo's second International Jazz Festival brought together some of Egypt's best jazz bands as well as groups from eight other…

"Alice in Wonderland," directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway, opened…

Can the term “Jazz” be defined accurately? Can we rely on an immutable definition of this musical style? Jerome Paressant,…

Tarhana is the Balkan name for a thick, white soup made from fermented dairy. But Tarhana the band is a…

It is 1:30 AM and your Al-Masry Al-Youm reporter is rubbing two bruises on the back of his skull. Too…

Several Egyptian films produced in the last two years have challenged the notion of "clean cinema," with some forecasting the…

Nora Amin is a writer, actress, dancer, and translator. Her latest performance, "Stories from the Edge," was hosted by the…