«The term "hishik bishik" is an Egyptian expression to denote cabaret-like performance, especially one perceived to be licentious or obscene.»
Shehab Awad explores the studio of artist Nermine El Ansari.
Mai Elwakil and Jenifer Evans talk about their impressions of the 2015 Sharjah Biennial.
Quarterly comics magazine Tok Tok celebrated the launch of its thirteenth issue on February 14. Two years after it began in January 2011, it rewarded its audience with a color…
It's rare to see a clown show in Cairo, never mind in one of Cairo's oldest streets, Al-Moez, and in front of the historic Qalawun Mosque.
I stand bemused in Shorouk bookstore. Dozens of recent publications by fresh talents are lined up neatly together and I don't know what to choose. Eventually an intriguing and slightly sordid cover catches my…
The fourth run of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) kicked off last Thursday. For three weeks, on an annual basis, the city center is transformed into a network of…
In the year following the 1965 military coup that brought Indonesia’s former President Suharto into power, the country erupted into an orgy of communal violence. The targets of the massacres…
Based on Ihsan Abdel Quddous's 1952 novel, I Am Free was ahead of its time
Berlin — An urgent conference of world powers is taking place. To salvage what remains of the planet’s resources, world leaders have taken it upon themselves to redistribute possessions and power…
In the deafening Egyptian capital, a small group of independent artists quietly present an art relying on everything the performer has to give — except their voices.
In four Egyptian cities over a weekend this month, one could be walking down the street and all of a sudden hear a violin, a percussion beat and the soulful…
Most agree that the state of education in Egypt is dire. There is an over-emphasis on exams and teaching methods are based on learning by rote memorization. In both the…
Masturbation has been discussed in Egyptian cultural productions before.
This is not just a simple story of a sexy older woman seducing a college boy and finding excuses to belly-dance
Egyptian civil society, after the rollercoaster we all have all been on since the revolution, is rethinking its practice in terms of language.
3alganoob give culture reporters Habiba Effat and Maha ElNabawi, and – of course, Ziggy the dog – the details on this year’s festival.
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
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…
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