Trayvon Martin inspires gallery display in Zamalek
Mona Marzouk uses politically loaded themes to provoke dialogue
Read More →Theatre performance depicts ‘stories of empty stomachs’
Group of volunteer performers present true stories of detainees on hunger strike to protest against their “inhumane treatment” in prison
Read More →Royal Museum of Jewellery reopens for first time since 25 January Revolution
The museum includes 1,045 archaeological pieces that belonged to Egyptian royalty
Read More →Tanta receives 3 million visitors participating in Moulid Al-Sayed Al-Badawy festival
By Mohamed Abel Monsef and Ahmed Salama Three million people visited Tanta, capital of the Gharbia governorate, to participate in celebrations of the Moulid Al-Sayed Al-Badawy, a carnival that celebrates the birthday of a read the rest…
Read More →Tourists return to Egypt after 3 years of turbulence
Questions remain whether enough is being done to make Egypt a top destination for travellers once more
Read More →ROOM organises a week of classic movie nights
American and Egyptian films such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Casablanca, E.T., and Eshae’et Hob (Love Rumour) will be shown as a part of the programme
Read More →Hanging Church re-opened after 16-year renovation
The renovations involved architectural and structural work, as antiquities affected by a rise in the level of groundwater were repaired as part of an integrated project
Read More →‘After 10 years I Will Be’: University graduate launches an ‘un-annoying’ advertising agency
Ebrahim ElSafadi sells space for brand logos on his website
Read More →Dancers in Film: Changing depictions
Dancers were portrayed as artists, men-stealers, victims and outgoing characters in Egyptian films through the past century
Read More →Cairo exhibition hosts photography from Middle East, North Africa
18 photographers attempt to document various aspects of modern life
Read More →Egyptians launch initiative to comfort injured Palestinians receiving treatment
“We are all human” has arranged more than 17 hospital visits in Egypt and helped 3 severely injured patients to travel to Germany for treatment
Read More →From Tokyo to Cairo: Japanese characters on a visit
With the travelling exhibition “JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters”, the Japan Foundation examines characters like these as a radical aspect of a Japanese subculture related to anime and manga
Read More →Coalition to Support Tahya Masr fund calls for closing cultural centres in Cairo, Alexandria
Coalition’s secretary general says in statement that Turkish cultural centres are a “threat to national security”
Read More →Transmissions of hope through Cairo’s satellite dishes
American writer and artist transforms “depressing” rusty dishes into brightly-coloured ones
Read More →Fighting censorship, Al-Fan Midan organisers pledge to continue performing
Poet Zein al-Abidine Fouad, who helped organise the festival, draws strength from a long history of opposing artistic repression
Read More →Abu Simbel Antiquities celebrates 46 years since temple’s rescue
The celebration included issuing postcards with photos of the temple, as well as organising three lectures for students about the rescue process
Read More →Underground musicians rise to the limelight
Independent bands move beyond live performances to talk shows, TV commercials and fame
Read More →WANAS festival: Egypt’s first international folk festival
6 Egyptian, 3 international bands dazzle Cairo
Read More →Salata Baladi to be screened at Zawya
The film explores the concepts of identity and xenophobia through a story of mixed marriages in the filmmaker’s family
Read More →Hacking like Egyptians
After juggling between spaces, “Cairo Hackerspace” settles in studio at Townhouse Gallery
Read More →Google launches a 360-degree street view imagery of Egypt’s historical sites
Google has launched a 360-degree street view imagery of the Pyramids and five other historical landmarks in Egypt
Read More →‘Djerbahood’ paints a new face on an old historic village
150 artists of 30 nationalities “leave their mark” on building walls of Erriadh village
Read More →Egyptian film about the pyramids travels to London
‘Domestic Tourism II’ part of ‘Whose Gaze Is It Anyway?’- an exhibition looking at the history of Arab pop culture
Read More →Samih Al-Qasim: A poet resisting on many fronts
“They tried to silence me since my childhood. But I will talk whenever I can out loud and no one will be able to silence me.”
Read More →‘The image is always stronger than the word’: Ganzeer
“The inspiration behind my own projects comes from a desire to comment on certain aspects of our lives.”
Read More →Al-Fan Midan permit rejected for second month running
Festival organisers plan press conference to explain difficulties
Read More →Censorship authorities confiscate three books on arrival
No declared reasons for confiscation, according to human rights researcher
Read More →1 hour to empower women working online
Entrepreneur launches campaign to record online tutorials in Arabic, which will be offered for free
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