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Why we should draw more pictures and steal more symbols
There’s a lot to look forward to culture-wise from September to November in Cairo, and here we’ve compiled some highlights.
On aiming beyond musicians’ exposure and learning from the choices of our predecessors
As well as these film, music and art tips, you can also make a visit to the three-venue art exhibition Roznama 5 in Cairo, or catch Ahmed El Attar's recent satirical…
A conversation with Kinda Hassan
Ahmed Refaat looks back at the constellation of three alternative film practices that emerged in the post-defeat milieu of 1967, writing that, if we now claim to be looking for…
Roznama 5 might be the first collective exhibition since the revolution to unabashedly make use of political critique.
Or: My Wife and the Voyeur
Jano Charbel looks back at a few of the kitsch, offensive and bizarre public statues that have graced Egypt's governorates of late.
Visiting El Cabina for the first time in 2012 marked the beginning of my love affair with Alexandria. Completely transformed from an abandoned building that once housed the air-conditioning unit…
On Tareq Bakari's IPAF-nominated novel Numedia, "about a heterosexual Moroccan man with legendary sex powers who is mercilessly chased by a blue-eyed, blonde French writer, who, in her final infatuation,…
We are still lucky on the film front this week with the ongoing أسبوع أفلام آسيد - ACID Film week, and screenings at Zawya and Darb 1718. Lebanese singer Tania…
After two train conductors die in a fight on the way from Cairo to Aswan, the passengers gradually all break down
A recent workshop at Cimatheque saw Zawya's crew and other film people discuss film distribution, censorship, legalities, funding, marketing and what should happen next for a thriving alternative film culture…
Nostalgia is not evoked through the usual sentiments of melancholy and loss, but through critique and laughter.
This week is dedicated to cinema lovers. Zawya is still screening the cinematic release of Hussein al-Imam’s Like a Matchstick and the call for submissions is still open for Medrar’s Cairo…
From Hamlet, mirrors and fire to the series' relationship with Naguib Mahfouz's ouevre as a whole, this episode talks about why Afrah al-Qobba is so interesting.
Ernesto Pagano reflects on translating from Egyptian colloquial Arabic to Italian and his film about Italian converts to Islam.
Things are picking up slowly in the culture scene after a lazy summer.
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