The reality of most camping trips is, it doesn't matter what time you end up falling asleep. The sun will seep through the thin walls of your tent shortly after sunrise, tickling you into consciousness. So you sit up, slither out of your sleeping (...)
Antonio San Roman, played by Javier Camara, is the charmed, dreamy English teacher at the heart of Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.
David Trueba's latest feature, which borrows its title from The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever, opens in a (...)
David Trueba's Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed gets its title from The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever. The film opens with Antony San Roman lecturing his students about the importance of friendship as they read aloud the lyrics of teh (...)
The Cairo apartment that houses Medrar for Contemporary Art is not particularly spacious, but on 12 October it comfortably hosted the works of 17 young artists and dozens of visitors keen on surveying the third edition of Roznama, a visual art (...)
Excitement about children getting older, passing from one school year to another, is running high at homes. New uniform is ironed, school bags are either purchased or passed down, waiting to be filled with books... innumerous heavy books.
With all (...)
Between 21 September and 29 October, The Pick returns to Townhouse's first floor gallery, showcasing works by six artists who examine the state of procrastination while challenging the labels they are given
The statement accompanying Townhouse (...)
When someone comes across a pile of garbage, their immediate reaction is never contemplative. In fact, it would be unnatural to muse at a heap of trash in sober reflection, almost as unnatural as the sight of plastic swimming in the sea.
So whenOut (...)
The same venue that stretched a red carpet for the opening ceremony of over 30 editions of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) is being prepped again this November, bracing for the glitz and glamour heeled by world premieres and icons of (...)
CAIRO: Thousands gathered Thursday morning at Samaan El-Kharraz Church in Moqattam for a funeral for those killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians Tuesday night.
Thirteen were killed in the clashes, at least five of them were Muslim. (...)
Throughout 18 days, Tahrir Square in central Cairo gradually became a city on its own. Protesters camped there lived in tents side by side, eliminating religious and class barriers. Vibrant with cultural activities, the Square became an iconic (...)
For months, fans of renowned Egyptian novelist and columnist Alaa Al-Aswany enjoyed their Tuesday morning coffees with his biting wit and critique of current Egyptian affairs, boldly wrapped up in his weekly column published in Al-Shorouk (...)
CAIRO- Call it a quintessentially Egyptian habit, but no sooner had the explosions rocked Alexandria's Al-Qeddesine (Church of the Two Saints) during the early hours of 2011 than melodies of national unity sprang nationwide.
Frustrated with the (...)
HURGHADA/CAIRO: Home for pristine diving spots and almost 200 oil drilling platforms, the Red Sea is a battlefield for two of Egypt's pivotal sources of income, tourism and petroleum.
A month after dispatches of oil covered Hurghada's shoreline, (...)
CAIRO: Roz Savage rows the ocean blue for a green cause” is a headline likely to breed an “Oh my God, another crazy person” reaction from many around the world, and particularly in Egypt.
But for two Egyptian 20-some-year-old rowers, (...)
CAIRO: A California-based Church is calling for an international day to burn the Quran on Sept. 11 to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Dove World Outreach Center (...)
C ountless studies have been conducted on the struggles and triumphs of refugee communities. Although most remain academic, they provide valuable insight into the hosting nations by presenting statistics and other scientific data, detailing the (...)
CAIRO: Legal representative of the founders of Al-Islah Wal Tanmeya (Reform and Development) Party Anwar Essmat El-Sadat said he will only appeal the political parties committee's decision, which denied his party's licensing request, when root (...)
CAIRO: The North Giza Criminal Court on Sunday adjourned till Sept. 19 the case filed by Egypt's Minister of Finance against the editor-in-chief of independent newspaper Sawt Al-Umma.
Wael El-Ebrashi and Samar El-Dawi, a reporter at the same (...)
CAIRO: After 30 months of shuttling between a number of Egyptian prisons, Bedouin activist Mossad Abu Fagr maintains that his experience mirrors the government's fear of rising dissidents and its inability to understand the Bedouin culture. (...)
F or Scott Marcus, the idea of a trip to Egypt in the early 80s did not only stem from a desire to stand in awe at the Giza Pyramids; it was his thirst for world music, and Middle Eastern melodies in specific that propelled his journey, and the many (...)
CAIRO: For the second year in a row, the Ministry of Family and Population launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers posed by underage as well as summer marriages, also referred to as temporary marriages, in the 6th of October (...)
CAIRO: For the second year in a row, the Ministry of Family and Population launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers posed by underage as well as summer marriages, also referred to as temporary marriages, in the 6th of October (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Egypt's largest opposition group, launched a campaign on its website Thursday to collect signatures in support of the National Association for Change's petition calling for constitutional amendments.
The MB is (...)
CAIRO: Fifteen Bedouin detainees were given release orders on Thursday and at press time were waiting to be discharged at the state security office in Al-Arish.
Those released belong to families which reside in cities, Bedouin spokesman Moussa (...)
CAIRO: The case filed by an Egyptian woman against four satellite TV channels for promoting alternative medicine through “unqualified guests on their shows” has been postponed to November, head of the Doctors' Syndicate Hamdy El-Sayed told Daily (...)