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Munira’s Bottle…insight into the heart of Saudi

Munira’s Bottle…insight into the heart of Saudi

Munira, a woman with captivating and seductive eyes, falls into the trap of Ali al-Dahhal, an impostor who carefully weaves…
Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt

Amina Rachid: A woman from Egypt

Amina Rachid, the critic, university professor and writer who was always faced difficult choices prefers to work quietly away from…
Egypt’s dual nature revealed in painting

Egypt’s dual nature revealed in painting

“Intuited Happiness,” the latest exhibition by artist Islam Zaher, attempts to highlight the vivid contrast that exists in the Egyptian…
Goddesses, bodybuilders and… Batman

Goddesses, bodybuilders and… Batman

It’s difficult to leave painter Khaled Hafez’s latest exhibition without a sense of intrigue. Entitled "First Temple of Flight," Hafez’s…
Thanks to Israeli director, Egyptian filmmakers boycott festival

Thanks to Israeli director, Egyptian filmmakers boycott festival

The sixth annual short-film festival at the French Cultural Center in Cairo (CFCC), "Recontres de l'Image," started out with 49…
Spring Awakening: Teenage wasteland

Spring Awakening: Teenage wasteland

Downtown's Rawabet Theater received a refreshing, albeit short-lived, dose of creativity recently with Laila Soliman's adaptation of Frank Wedekind's 1891…
Scientology rears head in Egypt’s bookstores

Scientology rears head in Egypt’s bookstores

Books penned by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard are not a common sight in Egypt. Recently, however, Arabic-language…
Security besieges cultural center in fear of protests

Security besieges cultural center in fear of protests

Central Security forces surrounded the French Cultural Center in Mobtadayan, downtown Cairo, yesterday, anticipating demonstrations after a number of film…
Stammer – freaky, philosophical art

Stammer – freaky, philosophical art

Artist Shady el-Noshokaty’s latest exhibition is, to put it mildly, rather spooky. Entering Stammer at Darb 1718, one is met…
Q&A with Wessam Soliman: Holding on to a promise

Q&A with Wessam Soliman: Holding on to a promise

Wessam Soliman is a talented screenplay writer whose characters are fresh, witty and anything but typical. Within the span of…
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