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Articles of the author Phoebe Sloane
Experiments in electronica
Last Friday night the Goethe Institute and 100Copies Records invited music lovers to sample the best of Cairo's electronic and experimental music scene. The heavy beats and unnatural sounds of this music were somewhat out of place in the Institute's (...)

03 - 05 - 2007
Alam Simsim celebrates its ten-year anniversary
CAIRO: Mere moments after turning on the television, you can see that four-year-old Khokha has an ingenuous exuberance. Her perennial questioning is almost as inextinguishable as her imagination. As she sings about her career ambitions (the short (...)

26 - 04 - 2007
Quick eats in Cairo
No time to cook? It's a common complaint. For a student like me, grabbing a bowl of koshari or a quick sandwich from Baraka is easy enough. But what about those who have families to cook for? Luckily the ever-expanding world of Cairo take-out has (...)

11 - 04 - 2007
Shatila refugee: 'If there is a chance not to live in this world we wouldn't'
CAIRO: Four graduate students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) gave a presentation Wednesday about their trip to Shatila, the infamous Palestinian refugee camp near Beirut. The students are part of Cairo to Camps group that set up summer (...)

28 - 03 - 2007
Carnegie endowment experts focus on democratic contradictions in amendments
CAIRO: In a report released March 23, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace outlined contradictions between the democratic appearance and authoritarian reality of the current constitutional amendments and analyzed the Mubarak government's (...)

26 - 03 - 2007
Constitutional amendments follow a long history of power centralization
CAIRO: In light of Egypt's history of executively-focused constitutional amendments, President Mubarak's current efforts at reform are another step in a long process of making a constitutional democracy into an autocracy. Though some amendments (...)

23 - 03 - 2007
Korba festival gets rave reviews
CAIRO: The Korba festival ended on Friday in a wash of color. Bright confetti and chalk drawings covered the ground and people of all ages ran around with flowers painted on their faces. The crowd gathered in Heliopolis' Baghdad Street to listen (...)

18 - 03 - 2007
Egyptians support Iran, against Israel and US, according to BBC poll
CAIRO: In a BBC poll released this week documenting global opinion on the negative or positive influence of 12 countries on the world, Egyptians stood apart with their approval of Iran, and their apathy towards Asia and Latin America. Undertaken (...)

08 - 03 - 2007
Lebanese citizens have difficulty pushing for the peace they want
BEIRUT: A pro-peace rally organized by 12 Lebanese NGOs in central Beirut on Saturday kicked off the Oua'a campaign, which aims to push politicians to resolve their disputes peacefully. The rally was held just up the street from the opposition's (...)

06 - 03 - 2007
British journalist calls for more communication between Europe and the ME
CAIRO: Veteran British journalist and Oxford professor Timothy Garton Ash delivered an urgent call for cooperation between Europeans and Middle Easterners on Tuesday night at the American University in Cairo. He sees the alienation of Muslims in (...)

28 - 02 - 2007
Blind children discover the Egyptian Museum through touch and sound
CAIRO: Fifteen young girls sat around two tables in a classroom at the Egyptian Museum, molding rakes and water pumps out of red clay. They are participating in the museum's program to teach schoolchildren about Egyptian agriculture during Pharaonic (...)

18 - 02 - 2007
A Middle Eastern Tour of Paris
With the recent riots in Arab-French suburbs and heated debates over the hijab (head scarf), France may not seem like the place to find Middle Eastern cultural activities. Not true. And my recent trip to Paris proves it. Whether you're interested (...)

15 - 02 - 2007
WORD ON THE STREET: Opinions on alleged Egyptian spy
"I think it's stupid of the government to arrest him and investigate. I think he's a normal person. But maybe the government has some reason. Mohmmed Qawasme, cameraman "If he's Egyptian he should not be spying on his own people, especially (...)

04 - 02 - 2007
If you insist on having shisha, try this at-home method
CAIRO: Tired of loud traffic around downtown ahwas? Or over-the-top trendiness at Sequoia? Well, you can skip those places now. It's easier than you think to enjoy shisha in your own home. A decent hookah, tobacco and coals can all be purchased for (...)

23 - 12 - 2006
Make music not war
Is cultural diplomacy the key to international relations? Darryl John Kennedy brought his unique brand of musical diplomacy to Cairo on Friday when he beckoned the small audience at El Sawy Cultural Center on a world jazz tour, featuring themes (...)

10 - 12 - 2006
There may be no solution to Iraq war says American journalist Danner
CAIRO: American journalist Mark Danner delivered a sobering assessment of US involvement in Iraq to students and faculty at the American University in Cairo (AUC) Tuesday. Looking around at the intricate mashrabia windows of AUC's Oriental Hall (...)

09 - 12 - 2006
Lost and Found in Cairo
CAIRO: The life of a rabbit in reverse. Cairo sunsets. The haunting 1920s music of Na'ima Al-Misriyya. A distressed man wandering through Zurich. In most galleries, these disparate images would never be displayed together. But "Lost and Found (...)

07 - 12 - 2006
Denial to existence of Aids is an impediment in the Middle East
CAIRO: An American University in Cairo panel marking World Aids Day highlighted the need to combat misconceptions still held by the media and the social stigma and taboos which surround the disease. Dr. Cherif Soliman, of Family Health (...)

02 - 12 - 2006
Accountability theme for World Aids Day 2006
Information and prevention measures still lacking in the region CAIRO: The first of December marks the ninth annual World Aids Day, organized by the World Aids Campaign (WAC) and observed by thousands of organizations worldwide. Established by (...)

01 - 12 - 2006
AUC students donate LE 1 mln to rebuild Lebanon
Six AUC students travel to Lebanon to aid with relief efforts CAIRO: Six students from the American University in Cairo traveled to Lebanon from Oct. 19 to 24 to help with relief efforts for victims of last summer's war and raise awareness about (...)

27 - 11 - 2006
A night at Hogwarts? Not so much
Hodgepodge of fairy tales delights children regardless of false expectations A night at the Cairo Opera House's Harry Potter Ballet sounded like a ticket onto the Hogwarts Express and the excitement in the theater as kids and parents of all (...)

23 - 11 - 2006
Uncle Sam comes to Cairo
The El-Sawy Cultural Center attempts to contribute to Egyptian-American cultural exchange Is Abe Lincoln wearing a fez and George Washington in a pharaoh's headdress hokey? A bit, but blatant attempts at "cultural dialogue, often can't avoid the (...)

17 - 11 - 2006
A feast fit for a King comes to Cairo
Ever wondered what the Queen of England eats for breakfast? What the King of Morocco serves at state dinners or whether Canada's Prime Minister prefers tea or coffee? The select few who could possibly have answers to these questions can be found at (...)

03 - 11 - 2006
Masters of an ancient complex art
Calligraphy makes sweeping strokes at the El-Sawy CAIRO: For Ramadan, the El-Sawy Cultural Wheel highlights one of the most important forms of Islamic art: calligraphy. Featuring 32 contemporary artists from Egypt, this show contains a variety of (...)

12 - 10 - 2006
Ramadan restaurants
The VerandaConcorde El Salam Hotel, 65 Abdel Hamid Badawi Street, Heliopolis Tel: 622 6000Hours: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (lunch)Iftar: 7 p.m. to 12. a.m. (dinner) The environment at The Veranda is lovely, in the subtly lit courtyard of the beautiful (...)

05 - 10 - 2006
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