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As Egypt’s government gears up for a major economic conference next week, it has been presenting a relentlessly positive picture of the economy. The messaging is consistent: Egypt is open…
A few days after a conference by the National Council for Women (NCW) and the Endowments Ministry is held to discuss “women and terrorism” at the luxurious Cairo International Conference…
Downtown Cairo has long had a strong relationship with the arts. It boasts the capital’s largest cluster of theaters, cinemas and intellectual cafes, and is one of very few places…
Two hours of high-octane drama about an arty love triangle
Though the Cabinet reshuffle announced on Thursday didn’t come as a big surprise, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim’s replacement with Major General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar was an unexpected move for many…
Do stories need authors? Are texts fixed? Is adaptation a form of translation? These are some of the questions Professor Samah Selim has been considering in her study of Egyptian…
On Friday, Zawya's second night of “Shorts Revisited” was at full capacity. A crowd waited eagerly at the cinema's entrance. But this crowd was full of faces new to the…
The gag orders placed on the torture and killing of lawyer Karim Hamdy at the Matareya Police Station and Shaimaa al-Sabbagh’s murder have been the subject of much controversy, while…
In early 2014, Egyptian officials publicly admitted that Egypt, once an exporter, was teetering on the edge of consuming more natural gas than it produces. By that time, ordinary Egyptians…
A gasping young man forces open the gate of a small walled village in remote Upper Egypt
The first Cairo Literature Festival began with a summoning to old Cairo on February 14. The name Orhan Pamuk was being murmured all over Beit al-Suhaymi.
Shalabi, 50, generally seems to be a bit of a musical pioneer.
The seminal 1970s Kuwaiti comedy show Darb al-Zalaq (The Slippery Path) tells the story of Hussain, a janitor who comes into wealth after the government buys his house during the…
On the multifaceted complexity with which Egyptian cinema has portrayed the capricious drug-dealer character.
The Cairo Criminal Court is due to issue its verdict in the Shura Council case at the Torah Police Academy on Monday, determining the fate of 21 political activists. The…
A forthcoming Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruling may jeopardize the long-anticipated parliamentary elections, currently slated for March. Candidate registration for the elections came to a close on Saturday, February 21, but…
When Stara was set to launch at Emad Eddin Street’s Naguib al-Rihany Theater, it caught newspaper headlines and excited many who follow Egypt’s “alternative” art scene. With so few spaces…
Two days after a video was released showing self-proclaimed Islamic State forces in Libya beheading 21 Egyptian workers — among them, 13 Minya residents — the village of Our is shrouded in black. All…
On the 10th birthday of the exhibition space, library, photography school and photographic facility, Jenifer Evans sat down with CIC’s new artistic director.
Since the first oil boom of the mid-1970s, Egyptian laborers have flocked to Libya as a result of both free movement agreements and abundant job opportunities. Although the number of…
