From Rashid, a coastal city some 65 kilometers east of Alexandria, it takes a 10-minute sojourn by ferry to get from one shore of the Nile to the other. Ferries go back and forth between the city's pristine, well-paved corniche and a make-shift (...)
In an unforgettable evening dominated by a rare, lingering spiritual ambiance, celebrated Mugham singer and UNESCO's International Music Prize winner, Alim Qasimov from Azerbaijan, gave his first public performance in Cairo last week.
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In a showroom in the Alexandria Bibliotheca, artists from various regions of the world showcased the artist books they made after partaking in a week-long workshop during the Alexandria Biennale.
The books are to remain with the permanent (...)
It's very difficult to make an exhibition of books, confessed José Arturo Rodríguez, the curator of "Leafing: Four Decades of Artists' Books and Magazines in Spain , as he bounced from one book to another.
The exhibition, organized by the Spanish (...)
In those moments of pre-performance mingling at the Cairo Opera House, as we waited for the revolutionary and much revered Lebanese oud master Marcel Khalife and his Al Mayadine Quartet on the main stage last Tuesday, my friend pointed to a casually (...)