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Urban Culture Gathering: Singing to remember, dancing to forget
October 3, 2010
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
October 1, 2010
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
September 29, 2010
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
September 28, 2010
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
September 26, 2010
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
September 25, 2010
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
September 24, 2010
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
September 22, 2010
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
September 22, 2010
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
September 21, 2010
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…