When I stopped to ponder the storyline in total I managed to figure out the thematics, however crude and illogical.
From music and books to visual art and indie cinema - via clowns.
It's a relaxed but rich week, culture-wise.
This World Can’t Home. Part 1 The Interview What did you tell them? I told them that in Douma, underground, the doctors have turned emergency rooms into prayer rooms.…
There are always going to be successful movies about love stories, so why does this one stand out so much?
Attempting to prevent the dissolution of place and memory in a labor against forgetfulness.
The third episode of Cinematology takes a focus on Daoud Abdel-Sayed's masterpiece Ard al-Khof (Land of Fear), from 1999.
Sham al-Nassim comes with its own breezy arts events
The festival boasts international performances and a truly diverse audience, by Rowan El Shimi wants conversation too.
When British soldiers came into villagers’ houses in Nazlat al-Shobak in 1919, according to village women who accused them of rape, they said “zig zig.” We know this through archives…
Rowan El Shimi investigates why Alexandria's political theater forum might be coming to an end.
The first thing you notice in Tania El Khoury’s interactive sound installation Gardens Speak is the smell of dirt. It’s disconcerting after coming in from a Cairo street. It smells…
The verdict was described as a “victory for freedom of creativity” and a positive step to guarantee freedom of expression.
Check out these recommendations — two very respectable film festivals, two likely very interesting art exhibitions, and a promising new album.
A photo posted by the Alexandria Facebook page that appeared to show the historic Raml Station in the center of Alexandria in ruins created online…
Ismail Fayed reviews the 2016 D-CAF visual art component, curated by Aleya Hamza.
Defense lawyers representing detained novelist Ahmed Naji appealed his two-year prison sentence in court on Wednesday, requesting that the appeal be looked…
A specialized committee issued a decision declaring the building safe and approving its restoration.
Hába’s involvement in the congress and Kačinskas’ insights into links between oriental heritage and modernist music reflect the self-awareness of the Prague microtonal school.
Episode 2 explores the visual motifs in Kamal al-Sheikh's The Thief and the Dogs (1962), which is adapted from a Naguib Mahfouz novel.
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