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Articles of the author Giuseppe Acconcia
Al-Ahram Weekly
In the midst of earth-shattering developments in Cairo, Giuseppe Acconcia had time to remember the Italian activist , and speak to Angela Lano about the humanitarian project he supported On 14 April, the International Solidarity Movement for (...)

30 - 06 - 2011
Matters of the ear
Giuseppe Acconcia considers revolutionary hip hop while listening to the Egyptian Light Orchestra Rappers, actors and graffiti artists are invading Egyptian streets. First, a young comic-strip writer issued a review called Tuk tuk a few weeks after (...)

05 - 05 - 2011
Curfew nights
Giuseppe Acconcia remembers the revolution in the nighttime At one point during the 18 nights of the Egyptian Revolution the curfew was extended to three pm. Looking out of the downtown building where I live, thanks to a surreal lack of cars on the (...)

14 - 04 - 2011
88, Qasr Al-Aini
A year or more in Cairo: Giuseppe Acconcia remembers first finding a place to live I arrived in Cairo by night and a friend came to pick me up at the airport. I lived with him for a few days on Hoda Sharaawy Street, looking for a flat. He showed me (...)

12 - 08 - 2010
The saint sings
A week ago the Sayida Zainab mawlid brought the flavour of popular -- Sufi -- celebrations back to the heart of Cairo: having attended several of the saints' anniversaries this year, Giuseppe Acconcia celebrates a glorious grassroots tradition After (...)

22 - 07 - 2010
The Mevlevi's house
Giuseppe Acconcia goes Sufi On 20 May, the Sama Khana of Syoufiya Street, at Al-Helmia Al-Gedida, hosted the amazing Turkish dervish dancer Ziya Azazi. It was one of the events of the Spring Festival organised by the NGO Al-Mawared Al-Thaqafi, and (...)

17 - 06 - 2010
Horreya is closed
Giuseppe Acconcia follows the recent fortunes of a key gathering place It was 25 February when the doors and windows to Cairo's most popular beer-drinking venue were barred. At the beginning we thought it was a few days' move in deference to the (...)

13 - 05 - 2010
Outings of the old days
Giuseppe Acconcia takes the ferry Public boats, the haloed "Nile bus" that used to be among the most popular middle- class attractions, regularly link the two sides of the Nile. They are yellow and green, usually parked by the river in front of the (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
Poster modernist
Roger Waters, Julio Cortazar -- and Giuseppe Acconcia This week the Italian publisher Il Sirente issues Rogers by , the 24-year-old Egyptian writer. After the commercial success of Che il velo sia da sposa by the young blogger Ghada Abdel-Aal, (...)

01 - 04 - 2010
Grounds for passion
On the occasion of 's new show, Women of Qassem Amin (ongoing at the Gomhoreya Theatre until 17 February), Giuseppe Acconcia met with the choreographer In 's new show, Women of Qassem Amin, there are clear echoes of the late Pina Bausch's Bamboo (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
From Port Said to South America
Last Ramadan, Giuseppe Acconcia made enquiries about pursuing his life's dream I tried to cross the Ocean several times. In 2005, I half succeeded in finding a sailing boat from Morocco to the islands of Barbados, but my final goal is to reach South (...)

05 - 11 - 2009
An Italian in Cairo
Giuseppe Acconcia reflects on the football event of the month It is six o'clock on Thursday evening in downtown Cairo, and everybody is talking about tonight's game: the Under-20 World Cup Egypt-Italy match. I am with two Italian and two Egyptian (...)

08 - 10 - 2009
The magic lute
In the buildup to a House of Oud concert held during Ramadan, Giuseppe Acconcia speaks to one of Nasir Shamma's brighter students Bahir Ghazi, 21, oud player and teacher, is preparing for his 12 of September performance at the Amir Taz Palace. When (...)

17 - 09 - 2009
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