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Have a seat: A chair is not just a chair for two young Cairo designers

Have a seat: A chair is not just a chair for two young Cairo designers

Cairo is an endless game of musical chairs, where a set of stackable stools wedged between parked cars is a…
It’s a threadbare red carpet as film festival reopens

It’s a threadbare red carpet as film festival reopens

It’s difficult times for the organizers of the 35th Cairo International Film Festival, which will showcase 125 films from 66…
Blackbirds and work songs: A watery meditation on times of transition

Blackbirds and work songs: A watery meditation on times of transition

On downtown’s Mahmoud Basiouny Street, at the corner with the After Eight cafĂ©, you can duck into a dark, empty…
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed

Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed

The opening of the Cairo International Film Festival’s 35th session will be delayed to 28 November, said Soheir Abdel Qader,…
Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’

Internet humor becomes paintings in Hany Rashed’s ‘ASA7BY’

The multitude of paintings that make up “ASA7BY,” Hany Rashed’s current exhibition at Mashrabia Gallery, may appear at first glance…
Watching me, watching you

Watching me, watching you

It was not Amir Tag Elsir’s plan to write a novel within a novel. When he first sat down to…
A history of urban development from pharaonic to the future

A history of urban development from pharaonic to the future

Egypt vice regal Khedive Ismail met with Ali Mubarak Pasha in 1863 to develop a blueprint for Cairo’s future. He…
Egypt recovers two pharaonic palettes from New Zealand

Egypt recovers two pharaonic palettes from New Zealand

  Egyptian authorities recovered two pharaonic stone palettes from New Zealand, which arrived in Egypt on Wednesday, said Antiquities Minister…
PhotoCairo: A retrospective

PhotoCairo: A retrospective

  In the late summer of 2002, at a small office of the ground floor of what is today the…
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