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Colloquial Egyptian culture at the turn of the century
In the wave of recent photography books from AUC press about the…
Tutankhamun center stage at Frankfurt’s ‘Festival of Egyptian Culture’
A sensational discovery 89 years ago by archaeologist Howard Carter turned the…
European Film Panorama returns with new challenges and films
Emerging 10 months after the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak, and in…
Natural history of New France published 335 years on
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Leonardo DiCaprio becomes J. Edgar Hoover on film
The Leonardo DiCaprio sitting inside an empty soundstage on the Warner Bros.…
Renowned Syrian theater actors flee to Egypt
BEIRUT: Two Syrian theater actors known for their plays mocking authority headed…
9 writers, 6 actors, 1 huge topic: gay marriage
By Mark Kennedy / AP It sounded like an impossible task: Write a…
Misr International Films forays into independent cinema
If you have never stepped into the world of the late great…
Egypt’s ‘Freedom Story’ in the making
Revolutions have a way of sticking with you – emotions run high,…
A psychedelic evening with Yacoub Abu Ghosh
By Maurice Chammah Last Sunday the Jordanian jazz bassist Yacoub Abu Ghosh led…