Hala Imam graduated with a bachelor's degree in Costume and Set Design. She went on to study modern dance at the Cairo Opera House's Modern Dance School, and then became a member of the Modern Dance Company there. She served as director of the (...)
Hala Imam graduated with a bachelor's degree in Costume and Set Design. She went on to study modern dance at the Cairo Opera House's Modern Dance School, becoming then a member of the Modern Dance Company there. She served as director of the school (...)
Egyptian dancer and choreographer Karima Mansour graduated with both a B.A. and a Masters degree in contemporary dance from the London Contemporary Dance School after having completed her B.A. in film at the High Institute of Cinema, Academy of Arts (...)
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Egyptian dancer and choreographer Karima Mansour graduated with both a B.A. and a Masters degree in Contemporary Dance from the London Contemporary Dance School after having completed her B.A. in Film from the High Institute of Cinema, Academy of (...)
Tholatheyet Madinat A'la Al-Motawaset (Trilogy of City by the Mediterranean), Khaled Ziyada, Cairo: Dar El-Shorouk, 2010. pp. 370.
Khaled Ziyada'sCity by the Mediterranean is an encyclopaedic work after which the true identity of the city remains (...)
Brooklyn Heights, Miral Al-Tahawy, Cairo: Dar Merit 2010, pp261
Miral Al-Tahawy's latest novel is an autumnal narrative taking the form of a cartographic exploration of an Egyptian emigrant and her child in a neighbourhood of New York.
The (...)
After the notable success of past popular productions "Carmen and "Zorba the Greek, the Cairo Opera House has decided to take literary adaptations to the next level with "Odysseus, the dance opera based on Homer's granddaddy of Greek literature "The (...)
An ever pervasive phenomenon in the art world nowadays is the concept of retrospective borrowing, or recontextualizing an older genre by using elements of other genres. At passage 35 in the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil museum, the band Maqam seemed to (...)
The Syrian dance company Ornina's "The Jasmine Collar brought Syria's history to life at the Main Theater of the Cairo Opera House last week. But the choreography of the politicized performance that carries a message of peace failed to (...)
At the Heliopolis branch of Diwan bookstore, a small crowd gathered for a musical evening by Egyptian singer Tony Kaldas, an aspiring young vocalist from Greek origins. He studied singing at the Cairo Opera House under the supervision of revered (...)
In the latest Townhouse group exhibition "Sound Construction, the overarching theme seems to be how many ways can sound be perceived and how do the immediate surroundings affect its perception.
The artists involved, all from different countries, (...)
Before going to the Street Children Exhibition at El Sawy Cultural Wheel, I wondered what these children deem as "beautiful and if self-expression can truly qualify as a proper motivation for an artistic endeavor.
The exhibition is organized by (...)
Heavily influenced by transcendental film style and French cinema, Sherif El Bendary's latest film, "Saat Asari (Siesta) is a shining example of this alternative cinematic style few Egyptian filmmakers have explored.
The film was screened at the (...)
Daily News Egypt: What was your inspiration for the film?
Sherif El Bendary: I was reading the newspaper on a flight, and I found the story by Ibrahim Aslan. I instantly liked the story and identified with the protagonist, although this was not (...)
To say that the Flavor Project was blatant proof of technical ineptitude, lack of talent and incompetent organization, is an understatement.
The so-called project was organized to showcase the talents of dancers, singers, choreographers, DJs and (...)
Much like the poem that inspired the dance, "Mad Song is an anti-performance, challenging audiences' perceptions of dance and stage performing.
"Mad Girl's Love Song is a landmark of confessional poetry by late great American writer Sylvia Plath. (...)
Notable choreographer Walid Aouni has always been known for his detailed, complex visually-rich dance performances that easily placed him on a league of his own.
In an attempt to prove his multi-faceted artistic talents, Aouni exhibited a (...)
In the continuing art project initiated by CIC (Contemporary Image Collective), curators Alya Hamza and Edit Molnar introduced more artistic presentations of the dynamics of a public space in the urban context of Cairo.
This is their second (...)