Hindi Zahra: If music be a tree
Hindi Zahra has an Olympus voice recorder too. “It’s good,” she remarks,…
Food and music for thought
The Townhouse Gallery factory space was not originally intended as the location…
Taking art to the streets
A fusion of colors, sounds and scents promises to lure streetwalkers as…
Cairo at the end of a long walk
“One long walk through Cairo” is how Amira Hanafi describes her project…
Alef: Not first, but here to stay
A large sign of the Arabic letter “Alef” graces the entrance of…
Too black, too Brit: Zephaniah's answer
Rastafarian poet Benjamin Zephaniah wears it all on his sleeve: his politics,…
In two minds about Zweiland
Dance performance “Zweiland” — meaning “Twin Lands” — would definitely have had…
Dhafer Youssef: the electric Sufi
The guards at the Azhar Park advise you not to waste another…
When the streets have a name
It's that fabled street on which stars have fallen, if only for…