In an avalanche of events and people, the hero's link to reality thins, as does that of the viewer.
While Freud thought that repression helps minimize conflict, this play’s violent backdrop points to a different relationship between internal and external violence.
“This Is Not Chick Lit: Stories by Ordinary Women In and Beyond Turmoil” is the title Hala Salah Eldin chose for the latest series on Albawtaka. The 36-year-old translator and…
My first experience of D-CAF’s 2014 performing arts program was being turned away: Billy Cowie’s “The Art of Movement” proved so popular that not everyone could get a seat. The…
Bouha promises you things then very quickly forgets about them, but it’s not very disappointing.
On the last morning of the 3alGanoob festival, a massive windstorm blows over the campgrounds. After three days of unavoidable sun, the wind is welcome. But then a tent flies into the…
Malak Helmy’s show adds a new beam to the inquisitiveness that surrounded AUC’s move to the desert from Tahrir Square six years ago.
The stage lights turn from blue to red as a fog machine engulfs singer Aly Talibab and his band El Manzouma in clouds of color. PanSTARRS’s Youssef Abouzeid strums a…
When this film hit cinemas it created massive controversy and was accused of blasphemy by Christian scholars
Initially, the cover image of a sad woman in her 20s with runny mascara staring diabolically into her own reflection seems to signal an engaging thriller, in which the numbers…
Several decisions were made by the government on Wednesday aimed at resolving various problems the Egyptian film industry has been facing for the past decade. Within two weeks, state-owned cinemas…
Is the audience's relationship to fine arts is the same as their relationship to colonial cosmopolitanism?
The third annual Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) in Cairo was a manic month of running to catch cultural events. By the end of the music program I felt as…
He has enough flexibility for minor ethical compromises
Omar Ghayatt first told me about his new performance, “Violence Lointaine” (Distant Violence), in December. The acclaimed performer, scenographer and theater director — he won the first prize for performance art in Egypt at the 15th Youth Salon…
Yasmine Hamdan is beloved for her vocal prowess, her playful onstage allure, her beauty and wild dance moves. But her ability to create and perform a wide array of characters for her…
The Arab uprisings presented an opportunity for Western cultural institutions and donors in Europe and the Middle East to break free of restrictive binaries and stereotypical depictions of the “West”…
Around 30 bodies lie on cushions quietly chit-chatting in a dark room. A projection of morphing geometric shapes and odd film clips shines on the wall of the adjoining room…
Faten Hamama had never come anywhere near playing a character as unusual as this before
I had the fortune to finally visit Luxor last week, having been generously invited to present two films in competition at the Luxor African Film Festival. It has been running for…
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