#visual art
Ali Abdel Mohsen’s new artworks still scream out “WHY?”
These days, there is less blood to spill and more bile to swallow
Lara El Gibaly
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#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: Cities, shorts and Habibi Funk
Here are the tips from our culture team this week
Mada Masr
4 دقيقة قراءة
#music
Cairo, coffee, headphones and a conversation with Nur
From making music for Sufi dhikr rituals to the popularity of musique concrète
Kamila Metwaly
32 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
Three takes on Mawlana: A timely film that plays it safe
"It’s a big scared film in small country that’s run by guys who are scared of everything."
Andeel و Rowan El Shimi +1
8 دقيقة قراءة
#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: Lots of talks, lots of shows
This week is ideal for those who live in Cairo’s busy city center, with many events being hosted by various art spaces in downtown, including two solo exhibition openings, a publication…
Mada Masr
4 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
Dubai Film Festival celebrates the margins of Egyptian cinema
The Dubai festival seems to be helping Egyptian cinema overcome its artistic slump
Hossam Helaly
9 دقيقة قراءة
#Egyptology
Teaching Egyptians to read ancient plants: Pioneering the field of archaeobotany in Egypt
The second in our series on Egyptology, archaeology and heritage management in Egypt.
Meredith Brand
9 دقيقة قراءة
#music
Music industry conversations: Sarah El Miniawy
In a new series, Maha ElNabawi speaks to music professionals about the term “industry”.
Maha ElNabawi
27 دقيقة قراءة
#Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz, the man we all wronged
The state just announced its secret view of "Egypt's fourth pyramid."
Mohamed Rabie
13 دقيقة قراءة
#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: Make sure you’re free Tuesday and Thursday
There are a lot of worthwhile films to see this week, as well as live music and Huda Lutfi's solo show.
Mada Masr
4 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
A flawed feminist fable: Dissecting Kamla Abu Zikry’s A Day for Women
Despite weaknesses, this is technically and thematically Abu Zikry's most sophisticated work yet
Yasmine Zohdi
8 دقيقة قراءة
#music
Rodriguez and Sheikh Imam: Exiled intellectuals to lead us into the millennium
The exiled intellectual does not aspire to acclaim, fame or awards.
Ahmed Shehab Eddin
8 دقيقة قراءة
#visual art
Wael Shawky in Milan: A cosmopolitan artistic ecumenopolis exists just behind the carnage
How communities interact and change one another through war and material culture has long been of concern for Shawky
Dan Jakubowski
9 دقيقة قراءة
#2016 year enders
2016 in critical culture writing
We tried to continue to grow Mada Masr’s arts writing in ambition and scope.
Mada Masr
8 دقيقة قراءة
#visual art
Staging the truth: Azadeh Akhlaghi’s As an Eyewitness
17 assassinations over a century of Iranian history have been re-staged for spectacular photographs
Ismail Fayed
7 دقيقة قراءة
#2016 year enders
A hopeful year for Egypt’s cinema industry
2016 has seen multiple films produced independently from Egypt’s major production companies reach commercial cinemas
Rowan El Shimi
9 دقيقة قراءة
#visual art
Dancing under cover of a fictional rhythm
A text in the form of a music album: On Meeting Points 8: Both Sides of the Curtain
Daniel Blanga Gubbay
13 دقيقة قراءة
#cinema
Three films, one spectator and a polemic: Arab documentaries and ‘global’ audiences
Sometimes being simplistic, clichéd and politically problematic is exactly what a film needs to succeed.
Alia Ayman
11 دقيقة قراءة
#culture tips
Tips from the culture desk: 2016 ends with cinematic releases and non-stop music
This week is all about the music as 2016 comes to an end. Below you can find several concerts (and even a new year’s eve bash with loads of live…
Mada Masr
4 دقيقة قراءة
#2016 year enders
11 music releases from 2016: Space is a desert
Maha ElNabawi's moving & reinvigorating selection of this year's best releases from Egypt and beyond.
Mada Masr
1 دقيقة قراءة
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