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Feng Shui

Feng Shui

Some call feng shui a philosophy and others call it new age junk, but if you take it seriously, it…
Comic Orientalism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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…
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