Egyptian pound extends gains against USD by midday trade    Egypt–G7 trade hits $29.7b in '24 – CAPMAS    Egypt issues nearly 20 million digital treatment approvals as health insurance digitalisation accelerates    Pakistan FM warns against fake news, details Iran-Israel de-escalation role    Russia seeks mediator role in Mideast, balancing Iran and Israel ties    LTRA, Rehla Rides forge public–private partnership for smart transport    Egyptian government reviews ICON's development plan for 7 state-owned hotels    Divisions on show as G7 tackles Israel-Iran, Russia-Ukraine wars    Egyptian government, Elsewedy discuss expanding cooperation in petroleum, mining sectors    Electricity Minister discusses enhanced energy cooperation with EIB, EU delegations    Egypt, IFC explore new investment avenues    EHA, Konecta explore strategic partnership in digital transformation, smart healthcare    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    Egypt nuclear authority: No radiation rise amid regional unrest    Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed to Q4    Egypt delays Grand Museum opening to Q4 amid regional tensions    Egypt slams Israeli strike on Iran, warns of regional chaos    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's EDA joins high-level Africa-Europe medicines regulatory talks    US Senate clears over $3b in arms sales to Qatar, UAE    Egypt discusses urgent population, development plan with WB    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Egypt, Serbia explore cultural cooperation in heritage, tourism    Egypt discovers three New Kingdom tombs in Luxor's Dra' Abu El-Naga    Egypt launches "Memory of the City" app to document urban history    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Mai El Wakil
Samaa Sufi Music Festival closes with a mesmerizing performance
Thirteenth century Sufi preacher and poet Jalal Eddin al-Rumi praised Samaa - sessions devoted to listening to dhikr (which means "rememberance") music, often accompanied by dance – as a means of training his disciples; Samaa could help clear the (...)

26 - 08 - 2011
Wednesday''s papers: Qadhafi''s imminent fall and Egyptian-Israeli tensions continue
Conflicting news about the whereabouts of Muammar Qadhafi as rebels stormed his fortress-like compound in Tripoli occupy the front pages of most newspapers. Tuesday witnessed day-long battles between the rebels and Qadhafi loyalists. “The most (...)

24 - 08 - 2011
Wednesday''s papers: Brotherhood dreams of ''United Islamic States,'' judges contest charges of criticizing military
Kamal al-Helbawy, who served as the official Muslim Brotherhood spokesman in the West during the '90s, tells privately-owned Al-Shorouk in an interview that the Brotherhood and Muslims have the right to start a global organization, which he (...)

08 - 06 - 2011
Subterranean exhibition democratizes art
Throughout the 18-day Egyptian uprising, the walls of Cairo's downtown buildings were covered with revolutionary graffiti, while makeshift museums dominated various corners of Tahrir Square. Now, four months later, creativity is finding its way (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Negotiating cultural politics: Q&A with Hassan Khan
The 54th Venice Biennale opens Saturday with Egyptian artist, writer and musician Hassan Khan heading the jury that will award the Golden Lion prize for the best national participation and best artist and the silver lion for a promising young artist (...)

03 - 06 - 2011
Literature in the age of social media
Last March, the New York based OR Books published the first Twitter book ever, Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt's revolution as it unfolded, in the words of the people who made it. A tribute to the 25 January revolution, the book is also envisioned by its (...)

28 - 05 - 2011
Sunday''s papers: Controversy over prosecuting Mubarak regime, Islamic groups boycott National Reconciliation Conference
Updates on the prosecution of key figures of former president Hosni Mubarak' regime dominate the headlines of most newspapers on Sunday. On Saturday, the Cairo Criminal Court postponed until 26 June the trial of former Interior Minister Habib (...)

22 - 05 - 2011
Director defends Egypt''s revolutionary contribution to Cannes film festival
The 64th Cannes Film Festival opened on 11 May, and Egypt has been given pride of place as the first ever "guest country" at the international movie event. The honor is being bestowed on Egypt largely in recognition of its recent revolution, a (...)

13 - 05 - 2011
Wednesday''s papers: Conflicting news about Imbaba violence and doctors'' strike draws high participation
Both state-run and independent newspapers on Wednesday continue to focus on developments in the sectarian violence that erupted Saturday in Imbaba, including the arrest of 16 supects Tuesday for allegedly using firearms and burning Saint Mary's (...)

11 - 05 - 2011
Force Majeure: Engage, not understand
The Force Majeure performances are meant to engage rather than distract; this was co-curator Adham Hafez's comment on the show to Al-Masry Al-Youm in a previous interview. Engaging they are, yet in the most unconventional ways, playing on the (...)

01 - 05 - 2011
Ground communication: Xavier Puigmarti at Mashrabia
Entering the Wireless exhibition in Downtown's Mashrabia Gallery, visitors find postcards of Cosmic – a silhouetted character developed by Spanish artist Xavier Puigmarti – joining pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square. Hanging vertically on the (...)

28 - 04 - 2011
Drawing inspiration from the revolution
Talaat Zakareya: You must have heard of what's going on in Tahrir Square. Bassem Youssef: No, what, what? Z: Drums and horns and dancing... girls... and boys... and drugs... and full sexual relations… it's a carnival… Y (on the phone to a friend): (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
Tuesday''s papers: Gradual reforms underway and illicit gains cases
The prosecution of former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and key figures of his regime continue to dominate the headlines of most newspapers Tuesday. “Alaa Mubarak is the richest in the family,” reports the state-run Al-Ahram, “only to be (...)

19 - 04 - 2011
''Solitaire'': A play on identity
Last week at downtown's Rawabet Theater, the Egyptian writer, theater director and founder of Sabeel for the Arts, Dalia Basiouny, performed her monodrama “Solitaire” for the first time. The play, which takes its name from the card game and becomes (...)

03 - 04 - 2011
Iranian documentaries: Propaganda, revolution, and stereotypes
The 2011 Cairo Documentary Festival, Egypt Rising, concluded its program on Saturday evening at the American University in Cairo's Tahrir campus with a special Iranian program called Iranian Body Politic. Two documentary films, “Plastic Flowers (...)

29 - 03 - 2011
Monday''s papers: Hopes rise on Egypt stocks, the future of civil liberties uncertain
The state-run daily Al-Ahram starts off with news on the restoration of confidence in the Egyptian stock market. Egypt's benchmark EGX 30 index closed 5.3 percent higher on Sunday, its third day of trading since the outbreak of the 25 January (...)

28 - 03 - 2011
Propaganda by Monuments: Art and revolution
On 25 May 2006, Angola launched the Icarus 13, the world's first space mission to the sun. For two years, 70 laborers, artists and engineers worked relentlessly to build the spacecraft and plan the mission. It landed on the sun at 10 pm. According (...)

28 - 03 - 2011
The uses and abuses of history
On 17 December 2010, 26-year old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia after the local authorities confiscated his vegetable stall. “How many people would have predicted that the death of a vegetable seller in Tunisia would (...)

23 - 03 - 2011
Fatima Hanem Chahin: Photographer of Egypt''s revolutionary past
The photographic archive of Fatima Hanem Chahin is a treasure trove that includes thousands of pictures she took throughout the twentieth century. Perhaps the most prominent is her collection on the 1919 revolution, which she shot while riding with (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Thursday''s papers: Constitutional reform and security measures
The referendum on constitutional amendments to be held next Saturday remains the primary focus of both state-run and private newspapers, with all political forces urging citizens to participate. A key development will unfold today as the High (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
The Homo Sapiens Report: Michael Wadleigh on the future of Egypt
Amid heated debates on the Egyptian Constitution and two weeks before the referendum on proposed amendments to it, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Wadleigh gave a lecture at the American University in Cairo titled "The Future of Humanity: (...)

15 - 03 - 2011
Egypt''s Museums XVIV: The Mohamed Cherif Pasha mausoleum
On 26 February, a mob attacked the mausoleum of Mohamed Sherif Pasha in Cairo's Al-Sayeda Naffissa district, looting its entire store of antique furniture and artifacts at an estimated value of LE8 million. The mausoleum has a rich history, and (...)

09 - 03 - 2011
Women''s demo outlines controversial demands
In celebration of the 100th International Women's Day, a group of women's rights activists organized a One Million Women March this afternoon at the heart of the Egyptian capital, Tahrir Square. The turnout did not exceed a few hundred people, which (...)

08 - 03 - 2011
Book review: ''Twentieth-Century Egyptian Art: The Private Collection of Sherwet Shafei''
Eighty-seven-year-old Herbert Vogel and his wife Dorothy are a retired post office clerk and librarian with a massive collection of contemporary art, which they have been amassing since the 1960s in their rent-stabilized apartment on Manhattan's (...)

03 - 03 - 2011
Imagining a different Ministry of Culture
Despite a growing presence of independent and non-governmental cultural centers, art spaces, bands and theater troupes, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture remains the main sponsor of cultural production in the country. But its role is contentious, and (...)

02 - 03 - 2011
Advertisement