Having visited the Goethe Institute's inaugural ceremony for its new comic book and graphic novel exhibition, I had the sensation that a storm was brewing among the too-long suppressed underground world of pop art.
Moving among a young, hip and (...)
Egyptian artist Nora Amin is "one of those rare and omnipresent cultural figures that change the thought landscapes of societies, according to one of many internet profiles recounting her impressive résumé that's profuse with artistic (...)
Georges Kazazian, unorthodox oud player and composer extraordinaire, had an unusual musical upbringing.
Born in Cairo to an Armenian family who forbade music as a professional career, Kazazian was left to discover music on his own.
Never (...)
When I think of jazz music, instead of picturing the explosive musical phenomenon that empowered an entire generation of African Americans and gave the world some of its greatest ever musicians, I can't help but imagine airport departure lounges and (...)
Thanks to the pioneering classic playwrights, who established one of the world's greatest dramatic traditions, Europe has enjoyed over 2000 years of theater spectatorship. So who better to perform a contemporary version of Sophocles' tragedy "Ajax (...)
Choreographer Adham Hafez is on a mission to revolutionize the perception of dance. In the future, viewers would think of dance not merely as synchronized routines on MTV or delicate pirouettes at the Opera House, but as a flexible art form that (...)