Culture
Comic Orientalism
November 14, 2009
Comic Orientalism
From ministers with football-shaped heads to Egypt's seemingly chaotic road system, the sarcastic wit throughout Lord Edward Cecil's diaries raises…
Diaries from the Heart of the Empire
November 14, 2009
Diaries from the Heart of the Empire
Zeinab Abul-Magd did not take her move to Oberlin, Ohio in the rural American Midwest easily. Abul-Magd, a professor of…
Disputes with the Devil
November 11, 2009
Disputes with the Devil
As Youssef Zidan's novel Azazeel enters its tenth edition, Al-Masry Al-Youm meets the author whose novel continues to provoke heated…
A voice for the homosexuals
November 11, 2009
A voice for the homosexuals
“You have to condemn the homosexuals in your novel, encourage people to hit them with their shoes and ask the…
Inside the dolls house
November 11, 2009
Inside the dolls house
Nabil Bahgat, reviver of folk puppetry, seeks to champion Egyptian traditions"To me, the Egyptian folk doll provides a sense of…
Doll faces: from moulid to mosque
November 11, 2009
Doll faces: from moulid to mosque
According to Abdel Ghani Al-Nabawi Al-Shall's book:Arouset Al Mulid ( Mulid Doll), first study of it's kind to introduce many…
Me and my shadow
November 11, 2009
Me and my shadow
Last week a workshop dedicated to the art of shadow puppets at Beit el-Seheimi unveiled an enchanting world of imagination…
Is this really it?
November 10, 2009
Is this really it?
People go to see Kenny Ortega's 'This is It' with different expectations - some are dragged along by their friends…
Remembering Fouad Haddad: Poet of the everyday
November 3, 2009
Remembering Fouad Haddad: Poet of the everyday
Last Friday at the premises of Prince Taz palace, (under the umbrella of the culture development fund) lyrics of renowned…