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Urban Culture Gathering: Singing to remember, dancing to forget

Urban Culture Gathering: Singing to remember, dancing to forget

The energy on stage at al-Genina theatre in Al-Azhar park last Thursday night was in attack mode for the opening…
World Culture: Star Wars in 3-D, Facebook on film, murals all over

World Culture: Star Wars in 3-D, Facebook on film, murals all over

In a new series called "World culture," the Al-Masry Al-Youm culture staff reviews the week’s best, worst, and biggest in…
Egypt’s Museums I: The Museum of Islamic Art

Egypt’s Museums I: The Museum of Islamic Art

Egypt is home to dozens of museums, from downtown’s hugely popular Egyptian Museum to the strange and too-often overlooked  Agricultural…
Framing celebrity: Ahmed Kamel’s photographs

Framing celebrity: Ahmed Kamel’s photographs

Portrait photography has long been concerned with celebrity. Early photographs aimed to capture the stature of their subjects who were…
Project Yourself at Makan: An occasion for one-liners

Project Yourself at Makan: An occasion for one-liners

It takes a lot of courage to perform in front of an audience of mostly strangers—a fact that, given the…
Unique Designs: A tribute in jewelry to Egyptian poet Salah Jahin

Unique Designs: A tribute in jewelry to Egyptian poet Salah Jahin

Funky jewelry mingled with Egyptian folklore on Friday at Unique Designs' sixteenth exhibition, a tribute to colloquial poet Salah Jahin…
World culture: Morocco in New York, Iraq on film, Paris online

World culture: Morocco in New York, Iraq on film, Paris online

In a new series called "World culture," the Al-Masry Al-Youm culture staff reviews the week’s best, worst, and biggest in…
Cause for alarm: Fire safety at Egyptian theaters

Cause for alarm: Fire safety at Egyptian theaters

The Egyptian Theater House, along with the Egyptian Civil Defense force, in an effort to avoid the recurrence of tragic…
A personal collection with a personal connection

A personal collection with a personal connection

You can buy a house, but it is a hard job to create a home. The art of turning this…
Colors of Civilizations: A solo exhibit by Lotfi Abou Sariya

Colors of Civilizations: A solo exhibit by Lotfi Abou Sariya

East meets west in Lotfi Abou Sariya’s solo exhibit at the Picasso Art Gallery in Zamalek, where bold colors radiate…
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