Culture
Royal fusion
November 19, 2009
Royal fusion
With an aim to encourage tolerance and collaboration Mohamed Mounir, widely regarded as royalty among Egyptian musicians, and Algerian Cheb…
The lonely life of Heliopolis
November 19, 2009
The lonely life of Heliopolis
A middle class couple is swamped with financial obligations. A loner, whose family awaits his migration to Canada, maintains a…
Samuel L. Jackson comes to Cairo
November 18, 2009
Samuel L. Jackson comes to Cairo
Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson, famous for his roles in “Pulp Fiction” and “Coach Carter,” is one of the guest…
Egyptian design leader Alchemy opens a branch in Bahrain
November 18, 2009
Egyptian design leader Alchemy opens a branch in Bahrain
Alchemy, one of the leading Egyptian design companies, is expanding its scope of action through the opening of a new…
Another form of resistance
November 17, 2009
Another form of resistance
“In Palestinian folk tales the pomegranate is said to have a 100 seeds, one of which comes directly from heaven,”…
Identities reexamined
November 17, 2009
Identities reexamined
A project of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia’s Artists in Residence program, Where Are You? is a contemporary art…
New edition of Yehia el-Taher’s complete works
November 16, 2009
New edition of Yehia el-Taher’s complete works
The first Arabic Short Story International Forum, held from 1-4 November of this year, chose late author Yehia el-Taher Abdallah's…
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…