Latest in Tag: cairo Highlight
Latest in Tag: cairo
Jazz Mate: enhancing the music scene in Egypt
Pictures of icons hanging on a brick wall, sentimental tunes playing in the background, and a TV playing jazz concerts or documentaries complete the setting of JazzMate. The venue will have performances every Friday, although Mustafa said that they are seeking to host live music on a more frequent basis.
The charm of circus brought to Al-Azhar park
âThe crowd here is very friendly and very nice. They are a great audience, they cheer you on and interact with you. We get a lot more encouragement from the people here than we do back home in Belgium,â said Wout, one of the performers.
TransDance explores theory alongside practice with panel
The panel then took to examining the idea of cultural and artistic exchange and the role of embassies, with many representatives from cultural institutes and embassies present, and how culture is a representation of a certain country to another.
New in the cinema
A short preview of the new movies in the cinemas this weekend.
TransDance: âTable Talksâ makes everyone an artist
In this performance this relationship is up to the audience, there may be some who only watch, thus turning themselves into spectators, or if they all watch, then I alone become the performer or the artist. But it is up to the dynamics of the audience and it is not through any choice of my own which makes it much more compelling to see.
Shnit Film Festival premiers in Cairo
The Shnit Film Festival, currently in its tenth year, will see Cairo join nine other cities across five continents when it opens at the Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Centre today. Sixty four international short films will simultaneously be screened in Cairo and the other nine cities. The festival will last for three days …
Aspiring chefs compete for your taste buds
The competitions emphasise fun and innovation but a more tangible reward is also at hand; each participant will receive a certificate of participation and, there will be gold, silver, or bronze medals issued to the team members.
Bite Me Cairo: Nature vs. Nurture
This common wisdom has been repeated so often in the press that it has become a mantra among those in the slow food movement and also among many rank-and-file foodies, who have in common that they swallow these myths without asking the necessary questions.
Bites Fil Beit: Toast mesakkar bel farawla – Sweet toast with strawberries
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
TransDance opens to high expectations
“The central idea of the festival is to explore our bodies as sites of documentation and considering using different art forms as documents,” Adham Hafez, the director of the festival said. “Why not use a performance, a sculpture, a film or installation as a means to document?”
CirCairo: Cairo Circus festival returns
The shows will include both traditional and modern forms of circus entertainment, and feature acrobatics, fire shows, magic and comedy shows.
Fifth panorama of the European film
The event takes place amid continuous efforts to strengthen Egyptian cultural ties with the outside world, especially in the post-revolution era, where much in the Egyptian cultural scene is changing, or more precisely, evolving.
CIC launches Hydrarchy
Instead, most of recorded history takes place on land, at least in our minds. Lands are the place where most of history is concentrated but the sea has been monumental in shaping modern history.
Salalem celebrates seventh birthday
âI would describe our music as indie pop. It is made to be accessible, both in terms of music and substance, to all demographics and to make people have fun,â Jamal said.
Exhibition gives attention to art of childrenâs book illustrations
Mashrabia gallery in Downtown Cairo is currently exhibiting Sahar Abdallahâs illustrations from her newly-released childrenâs book, A Picture and a Book. The gallery features the bookâs illustrations in their full glory, accompanied with captions and descriptions. The book may be aimed at children, but the exhibition is for everyone. Abdallah studied at Helwan Univeristy and …
New in the cinema
If this movie lures you with the flashy name of director Oliver Stone, the eye candy that is Salma Hayek and annoying-mouth-movements lady aka Blake Lively, or if you maybe you have a thing for veteran bad guys like John Travolta and Benicio Del Toro, you are in for a disappointment.
Street festival promotes peace in Dokki
Friday was the second edition of the free festival and around 700 people attended. The eventâs activities started at 4pm and included graffiti workshops, drawing on the street, the walls and the ground. Several organisations set up booths to advertise or sell their ideas or products and on the stage bands competed for the âBest Bandâ prize.
The cult of personality
A perfect example is Mona Eltahawy who was arrested in New York City a few days ago. In a carefully colour-coordinated attack of spray paint and raincoat on an offensive ad in the city’s subway, Eltahawy professed to be exercising her freedom of speech.
Black Lips and Lazzy Lung rock out in Cairo
Their set was very well received by the crowd at Cairo Jazz, who may have gotten a little bit too rowdy towards the end, staying true to punk standards. The band sounded great but some of the subtleties of their music got lost in the venue’s acoustics and sometimes instrument separation was a lost cause.
Bite Me Cairo: Trio (Part 2) – The Food
The meat is ground fresh on the premises daily and blended with caramelized balsamic onion, roasted garlic and egg yolk. Perfection on a soft, buttery bun. Topped with homemade pickles, fresh tomatoes and lettuce, Hernandezâs aioli of sweet and sour dill with chilies, black pepper and pickle juice put this one over the top.
Kuwait injects $60.5 million into Egyptâs gas sector
The Kuwaiti government, represented by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), has a signed a deal to loan 17 million Kuwaiti Dinars ( $60 million) to aid the expansion and development of the Egyptian natural gas distribution grid. In the presence of Prime Minister Hesham Qandil, the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation …
Meetphool: Where art meets art
The platform serves as a link between artists and facilitates for them to connect and have access to new and innovative ideas and to showcase their projects easily.
Bikyaâs Book Club resumes activities in Nasr city
The book club is designed to be open and to encourage dialogue and a platform through which ideas on literature can be discussed.
New Arrivals
As summer comes to an end it is time to pack away the entertaining beach-reads and browse through the new arrivals in Cairoâs bookstores. Brand new novels by Arab authors and new translations of treasured tales are vying for shelf space and the attention of the avid reader. Here is our pick for the coming month.
Ephemeral art finds permanent home in Wall Talk
The group launching the book stressed that it was a collaborative effort, between the artists who created the graffiti, the photographers who captured it, and those who found the graffiti before it was erased.
Venezuelan Film Week offers eclectic mix of cinematic diversity
The Venezuelan Film Week features a selection of films from all different genres, effectively introducing the richness of Venezuelan cinema to the Cairo public.
Mosireen: The truth will set your revolution free
Spreading the tools of telling the story is also getting closer to the truth. The revolution we had still is facing an attack made by the media, and the only way to fight back is by creating out own media, or the people’s own media.
AUC suspends operations until further notice Sunday
Alumni and students call for Monday emergency meeting
Then there was Peace; One Day in Cairo
Darb 1718 celebrating Peace One Day
An empty soapbox
I was all set to leap on my own soapbox. But as I was thinking of how I would heap my arrogant scorn on the heads of those I deem beneath contempt, my plans abruptly changed during my ride to work.