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Royal fusion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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…
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