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Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting
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Off Biennale: ‘Beware of the Chili’ has no sting

Egyptian painter Hany Rashed has undergone many stylistic shifts throughout his career, displaying a kind of risk-taking curiosity that has…
Off biennale: Tower of Babel, tower of Cairo
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Off biennale: Tower of Babel, tower of Cairo

Progress can be a messy thing. Take, for example, the Tower of Babel. According to the story, humankind, united after…
Arterial Network: Connecting art in Africa
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Arterial Network: Connecting art in Africa

Last Thursday at the Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts (Makan), Egyptian vernacular poet Zine al-Abidine Fouad, Sudanese singer Salma…
Freedom to Create presents artist awards
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Freedom to Create presents artist awards

Since 2004, Sudanese playwright, director, and actor, Ali Mahdi, and his al-Bugaa theatre troupe, have been travelling from one Sudanese…
The Yes Men Fix the World
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The Yes Men Fix the World

20 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy-–the worst industrial accident in history—a Dow Chemical Company spokesman announced live on BBC…
Giuseppe Fanfoni’s ‘Visual Arts and Restoration’
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Giuseppe Fanfoni’s ‘Visual Arts and Restoration’

Visual Arts and Restoration, currently on display at the Italian Institute of Culture, is a complex exhibition that chronicles the…
Hiwar: Art in conversation
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Hiwar: Art in conversation

Visitors should be glad to know that the Hiwar (Dialogue) group exhibition at Darb 1718 is not just another attempt…
The Bidoun Library at Townhouse
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The Bidoun Library at Townhouse

The book Bechtel fi Bilad al-Arab (Bechtel in the Land of the Arabs) tells the story of the great adventurer…
Egypt’s Museums III: The Coptic Museum
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Egypt’s Museums III: The Coptic Museum

The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group…
Lise Allam’s Doll: Childhood revisited
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Lise Allam’s Doll: Childhood revisited

A painting of a baby doll missing an eyeball, suspended upside down beside a harlequin marionette; a white butterfly standing…
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