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Articles of the author Sarah A Topol
Keeping track of "Gazelle"
Miral Al-Tahawy's novella "Gazelle Tracks explores themes of familial obligations, love, lust, and gender norms fraught with complications. Al-Tahawy's writing sheds light onto the little known inner workings of Bedouin communal traditions. Prose (...)

19 - 05 - 2009
Coptic contemporary art embraces traditions
Walking into the Sawy Culture Wheel's new exhibit "Contemporary Copts, by artist Emad Farouk, is like entering a world of effortless harmony, standing in stark contrast to the blaring horns and grime outside. Coptic art is known for its skilful (...)

13 - 05 - 2009
Illuminating the Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator
Northeast of Ramsis station, along the street of the same name, an unimposing gate opens into the Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator. If it were not enclosed, it would be impossible to miss the ornate exterior of the newly renovated (...)

13 - 04 - 2009
Love in the time of the revolution
A complex tale of love, loss, and human desire, set against the emergence of Gamal Abdel Nasser's new Egypt, unfolds effortlessly in Bahaa Taher's "As Doha Said. Bahaa Taher won the first International Prize for Arabic Fiction, known as the (...)

19 - 03 - 2009
Volunteers in Action and Omar Khairat paint smiles on orphans and audiences
On Friday night, the red and white arches of the American University in Cairo's downtown campus were awash with flood lights for "Paint a Smile with Musical Tunes, the 12th annual Volunteers in Action charity event, featuring revered Egyptian music (...)

24 - 02 - 2009
Shadows of a vanished city
An ode to the history of the cosmopolitan city, the recently released American University in Cairo publication "Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City 1860-1960 by Michael Haag is an eye-opening, nostalgic composite of haunting images of the (...)

19 - 02 - 2009
Egyptian markets buoyed by local buying, OCI
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark index gained over 1 percent on Monday, helped by strong local institutional buying and led by steady gains from heavyweight Orascom Construction (OCI). The market upshot was pared by a dip in Orascom Telecom, which ended (...)

16 - 02 - 2009
'Bride & Groom' caricatures lack character
The post-Eid wedding season is upon us, one wedding after the next. And yet recently in the Egyptian marriage-obsessed society, the concept of a gawwaz el-salonat (arranged marriages) has been drawing increasing criticism and resentment. Do you (...)

16 - 10 - 2008
From Russia with love: contemporary Russian photography comes to Cairo
Within the small 20-year-old gallery Masharbia Gallery, curator Marta Boeri skillfully used the space to showcase the four different styles of four Russian photographers with all the complications that entails. Titled Russian Contemporary (...)

02 - 10 - 2008
Below the surface: Dahab is still a diver's haven
Over the years, tourism to the tiny town of Dahab had been growing, but the industry came to a near halt after the April 2006 bombings. More than two years later, with checkpoints and police stations cluttering the Sinai peninsula, visitors are (...)

26 - 09 - 2008
Bringing a theater to the streets of Cairo
Giant puppets, a fire show, Sufi-inspired dancing and mimes on stilts; in its second consecutive year, the "Spectacle on the Nile, a street-art project sponsored by the Goethe Institute in collaboration with the French Cultural Center, succeeded in (...)

25 - 09 - 2008
The mother and the family: Can women save Sinai from terror?
CAIRO: Taba in 2004, Sharm El-Sheikh in 2005, and Dahab in 2006; three deadly terrorist attacks rocked the Sinai peninsula in as many years. Suspecting Bedouin involvement, the Egyptian government responded each time by sending security forces to (...)

19 - 09 - 2008
Holy calm: Khan Al-Khalili during Ramadan
The touting and hassles associated with Khan Al-Khalili are documented in guidebooks and traveler stories alike. Heeding the warnings, I arrived in the historic marketplace stony-faced and ready to deflect whatever dogged seller hurled my way. To my (...)

12 - 09 - 2008
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