The salon did veer away from the trend of recycling the works of Egyptian modernists, yet it also fell victim to the usual insistence on painting as the true and…
This week seems like an appropriate time to step back and look at Egypt's state culture. It’s been three months since Abdel Wahed al-Nabawi took office, the seventh culture minister…
The yearly Youth Salon, showing in and around the Palace of Arts in Cairo's Opera House complex, opened in November and runs until December 30. Here artists Sama Waly, Taha Belal and Jenifer Evans talk about…
Close to Tahrir Square, at Takayeeba café, an independent artist friend of mine and a theater director were sitting around a small tin table that barely had room for the…
Gaber Asfour and Mamdouh al-Damaty were sworn in as culture and antiquities ministers in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s newly appointed cabinet Tuesday…
Culture Minister Saber Arab has formed a new committee to regulate the work of the censorship board. The board of censors currently…
To celebrate the 2014 International Museums Day on May 18, the Antiquities Ministry is curating two exhibitions of artifacts that have never…
At a press conference in late March, Culture Minister Saber Arab told journalists about his vision to make cultural programming more inclusive.…
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) will make a strong comeback in November, promised its board of directors in a press conference last Saturday.…
«Tucked away in the bustling commercial street of Mohamed Pasha Said in the Janaklees district of Alexandria is an Italian stone mansion housing one of Egypt’s…»
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