Culture
Cinema Culture Center puts Iran’s female filmmakers in spotlight
March 24, 2010
Cinema Culture Center puts Iran’s female filmmakers in spotlight
Downtown's Cinema Culture Center celebrated International Woman's Day this month by screening five films by female filmmakers from the Iranian…
Photography exhibition: Ashraf Talaat
March 24, 2010
Photography exhibition: Ashraf Talaat
Ashraf Talaat's exhibition of photographs, Point of view, opened Sunday night at El Sawy Cultural Wheel in Zamalek. Al-Masry Al-Youm…
Palestinian director: We have the spirit, directors, and lots of stories
March 24, 2010
Palestinian director: We have the spirit, directors, and lots of stories
Sunday night marked the premier of Palestinian film Al mur wal rumman (Pomegranates and Myrrh, 2008) in Egyptian movie theaters.The…
Oxmo Puccino: French rap at El Sawy Culture Wheel
March 24, 2010
Oxmo Puccino: French rap at El Sawy Culture Wheel
Oxmo Puccino is a French rapper of Malian origin who received a Victoires de la Musique award at the beginning…
Noémie, tell me a story!
March 22, 2010
Noémie, tell me a story!
The French Cultural Center in Mounira yesterday evening welcomed Belgian comedian Noémie Dujardin, who read excerpts from novels in the…
Ambassadors of the azan
March 21, 2010
Ambassadors of the azan
The lights go down, and the audience falls quiet. But instead of actors taking their place on the stage in…
Dance that transforms loss and meaning
March 18, 2010
Dance that transforms loss and meaning
At the American University in Cairo (AUC) this week, the Magda al-Nowaihi Graduate Student Award in Gender Studies went to…
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
March 18, 2010
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have reshaped the world, not in terms of geography, but rather in terms…
Eftekasat: Oriental jazz fusion
March 16, 2010
Eftekasat: Oriental jazz fusion
Eftekasat, an Egyptian jazz band founded in 2001 by pianist and composer Amr Salah, performed yesterday at the closing ceremony…
Homegrown jazz: El-Sharkawy Group
March 16, 2010
Homegrown jazz: El-Sharkawy Group
Cairo's second International Jazz Festival brought together some of Egypt's best jazz bands as well as groups from eight other…