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Articles of the author Giovanna Montalbetti
At home with the royals
A new book on the Al-Tahra Palace gives a fascinating insight into the domestic lives of Egypt's former royal family and is a lively trip into Egypt's recent past, writes Giovanna Montalbetti After its volume on Abdeen Palace, Abdeen Palace: The (...)

22 - 10 - 2009
The Siren and the Sphinx
Giovanna Montalbetti meets Turkey's prima donna in the shadow of the Pyramids In mythology, the sphinx and the siren share several traits. Both zoomorphic creatures have the power to see past and future; both act as guardians -- whether of secrets (...)

10 - 09 - 2009
Lights of faith
Giovanna Montalbetti examines the origins, and wonder, of the Ramadan lantern Nothing is quite as comforting as light. Since the beginning of time man's deepest fears and worries have seemed smaller in its presence. Light is the archetype for all (...)

20 - 08 - 2009
Russians on ice
Giovanna Montalbetti goes to a performance of the Moscow Circus on Ice at the Egyptian Circus in Cairo The Russian composer and folklorist Ivan Larionov could never have suspected that his "snowball-tree" song would one day become one of the (...)

30 - 07 - 2009
Restaurant review: Cairo Tower: VIP hideout
Restaurant review: Cairo Tower: VIP hideout As the breeze glides over the polished floors to the rhythm of a live band, the Cairo Tower's light display shifts in a quick succession of colours, writes Giovanna Montalbetti We take the lift leading to (...)

23 - 07 - 2009
Night of gold
Giovanna Montalbetti attends the closing ceremony of the fourth Egyptian National Theatre Festival The sun sets quickly in Cairo, giving way to warm summer nights, and then the city-scape is bathed in a golden haze. Pragmatic souls will attribute (...)

16 - 07 - 2009
The month the Earth stood still
As alarm bells ring across the world at the prospect of a pandemic caused by the H1N1 virus, the so-called "swine flu", Giovanna Montalbetti looks into what is known about this new threat to human health and the best ways to control it As the alarm (...)

07 - 05 - 2009
The hard way to get around
The vehicles may have changed but Theodosius' Obelisk remind us that the toughness of professional racing surely has not. Giovanna Montalbetti reports from Turkey Although no examples of the earliest obelisks have survived, it is known they were (...)

30 - 04 - 2009
The stone whisperer
Giovanna Montalbetti meets sculptor Mustafa Hosni Ahmed, whose work has taken him from metal work to sculptures expressing what he calls the whispering of the stones The drive to 6 October City was most pleasant. It was noon, and, despite being (...)

05 - 03 - 2009
Ballet birth pangs
Some believe that pregnancy terminates the ballet dancer's career. But others think differently, notes Giovanna Montalbetti The 19th-century dancer Marie Taglioni was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of romantic ballet. The first dancer to (...)

19 - 02 - 2009
By Jove Juliet
What happens to the thousands of letters sent to Juliet each year in search of answers to love's complexities? Giovanna Montalbetti pays a visit to the Italian city of Verona to find out The story of Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers from (...)

12 - 02 - 2009
The Swedish sensei
Japanese art is brought to Egyptians by a Swedish, Giovanna Montalbetti and photographer Sherif Sonbol are intrigued Dressed in a flowered kimono, she proceeds in small silent steps. She is wearing the Tabi -- Japanese special socks -- that make her (...)

25 - 12 - 2008
Perspectives of the soul
Giovanna Montalbetti enjoys the complementary work of two very different photographers It is hard to see Egypt abandoning its spiritual legacy. Its history has forever been intertwined with the names of Pharaonic gods, Horus, Ra, Isis. Under (...)

18 - 12 - 2008
A form of genius
Giovanna Montalbetti and photographer Sherif Sonbol reflect on the illusion that beauty is effortless, especially in the fashion business Irish writer Oscar Wilde once said, "Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs (...)

18 - 12 - 2008
Eye of the beholder
Giovanna Montalbetti and photographer Sherif Sonbol describe the fashion experience, from the often forgotten perspective of the photographer The Goethe Institute's elegantly worded invitation to attend its fashion workshop seemed an excellent (...)

03 - 12 - 2008
Hidden beauty
Travellers visiting Aswan may now enjoy a new addition to their journey by visiting the Nubian villages located at the west bank of the River Nile, Giovanna Montalbetti and photographer Sherif Sonbol take us there Throughout history, Nubians have (...)

27 - 11 - 2008
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