On the genesis, the successes and failures, and the future of a unique educational program
Women composers, Japanese film and dystopian fiction are some of the highlight's from our culture tips this week
Organizational and publicity hiccups aside, interesting things were said at this year's festival
“What can the ghosts of protests past tell us?”
Dozens have been using a hashtag to demand the repoening of Upper Egypt's cinemas
This week's culture tips are largely dominated by women
This Alexandrian bookseller has independently created a massive scholarly archive
Exit Door conveyed an optimistic view of the future, but All That Rubbish is much more sober
There’s a lot happening this week in Cairo, but fortunately it’s spaced out
Pharaonic land, Christian sanctuary, Muslim workers
The Brazilian dancer on why belly dance became an expression of sexual obsession
As an Egyptian, it felt delightfully subversive to find Anwar Kamel's voice echo in Arabic through the space.
The Cairo Book Fair is still ongoing this week with some great bargains and new releases (check out our video walk through the secondhand book section), while the Cinedelta documentary film…
At the Cairo International Book Fair
Film seems to have largely neglected the 1977 bread riots
Groups of people have very short-term memories, says Basim Madgy
Rowan El Shimi tells us what's happening this spring
The Cairo International Book Fair continues (look out for our quirky coverage later in the week), and it’s a good chance to get some books, catch a poetry reading or…
It’s as if 2016 gave birth to a responsibility to comment artistically on the inspiring events of 2011.
The power of muscle memory: Walking as a ritual of resistance
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