Talk of the state's plans to "redevelop" the garden has circulated since 2021
The show emphasized intimate spaces, homes and habitats
The island’s residents have been engaged in a long battle over government plans to expropriate land
Dance festival Nassim el-Raqs is one of Egypt's few remaining contemporary public space art events
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Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy approved the Merryland Park development project on Wednesday, after previously threatening to take legal action against the park's…
A committee has been formed to enforce a plan aimed at securing vital facilities, main roads and public squares by installing surveillance…
Cairo Governor Galal Mostafa Saeed announced that 12 streets and schools in Cairo will be renamed after martyrs of the January 25…
Schools and streets in Cairo will be renamed after four police martyrs and certain symbols of the state, Galal Mostafa Saeed, the…
Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi says the government “will not rest until it cuts off the hand of terrorism.” He was speaking…
«Nassim al-Raqs engages citizens on Alexandria’s streets with an art form Egyptian society is unaccustomed to. Yet even European cities would have found it unusual.»
«There is an indelibility of violence, as with other massacres, that is in some ways more deeply reinforced by aggressive or nervous attempts to erase it…»
«You probably noticed that Qasr al-Nil Bridge has been repainted in green and lavish gold. Just the other week, the glistering wet paint on the railings leapt out…»
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