Latest in Tag: Culture Highlight
Latest in Tag: Culture
A commemorative event for poet Abdel Rahman El-Abnudi
The event was hosted by Iman El Bahr Darwish
Egyptian documentary wins Audience Award in International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund
In April, âThe Trace of the Butterflyâ won the Audience Award in the International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund.
Prevention campaign targeting youth details the roots and routes of sexual harassment
âI was once exposed to a different form of sexual harassment than the ones I usually faced when I was a little girl. He was standing across the street while I was walking to school, he unzipped his pants, showed me his genitalia thinking heâd seduce me to have sex with him. As a 16-year- …
I write to revive Arab literature: Mahana
By Rana Khaled Listening to intensive doses of Omar Khairat’s music or Fayrouz’s voice, who have always been his biggest sources of inspiration , writer Ahmed Mahana spent years searching for the psychological motive to continue his novel “I’ll Tell Your Story”. Unlike most of the young writers, who search for easy success and adopt …
2 ancient tombs reopened after restoration
The tombs of a father and his eldest son includes beautiful scenes of ancient craftsmen
National Security calls Massar Egbari inappropriate
âMassar Egbary is an entertaining inciting band that only sings about the negativities while leaving out the achievements,â says National Security representative
Stolen antiquities from Alexandria found
The storage was located in the Moustafa Kamel area of Alexandria, and contains very rare and very old relics.
â5 months cycling around Egyptâ trip comes to a close
The things I learned from that trip are priceless, says cyclist
The local renaissance twice banned by the government
âI was quite keen on showing it to the public before it is too late. However, it was banned twice in Egypt for its political message,â says artist
Describing dictatorship in novel form
New novel âThe Mastersâ and Orwellâs classic âAnimal Farmâ feature process of making a dictator and rebelling against it
Through the Eyes of Women
The “photographic journey”, as Friedlander chose to describe it, accommodates the international month of women, March.
Mehleb apologises to museum curator mocked by Culture Minister
This is a victory, says Abd El-Moneim
Music Therapy: An international treatment or a fairytale?
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as an established health profession, in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.
Egyptian biker to return home Friday after 143 days on road
During the two days spent in Cairo, he refused to return home, preferring instead to stay with his supporting friends.
Minister of Culture does not approve of ‘fat employees’
When the minister asked if the employees face any troubles at their work, Abd El-Moneim, who holds a Masters degree in sculpture, answered that she is facing an issue regarding a salary increase as per the law
Akhenaten to take the Pharaohs to Broadway
âAfter the 25 January Revolution, I saw how people kept getting manipulated in the name of religion, so I saw it is the perfect time to start working on it,â says writer
Masterpeace Playlist connects Egypt and Morocco
The Masterpeace organisation is an international network that believes in the peaceful power of music.
Arabic calligraphy is a kind of addiction, says calligraphist Hatem Arafa
In an exclusive interview with Daily News Egypt, Arafa revealed some secrets about his beginning, the messages he aims to convey through his artistic works and the inspiration sources of his outstanding drawings.
The harmonies and diversities of the Middle East
Sides of Arab life
Art Dubai loves contemporary Egyptian art
Connoisseurs and contemporary art critics say Art Dubai has yet to reach the level of the worldâs most established markets, like Art Basel, however its emerging market feel provides a special buzz.
This artwork is about shoes!
Nagy comes from a family of shoe-makers, and for two consecutive generations his family excelled in one of the nationâs main micro-industries.
People stand against tree massacre in famous Heliopolis garden
No permission for treesâ removal provided, minister orders stop to âunfair trimmingâ
D-caf: The contemporary advocate of downtown returns
This year, the festival brought a new idea that brings out artsâ social responsibility.
Iâm speaking the tongue of Egyptian women in my novels: Sara Al-Badry
In an interview with Daily News Egypt, Al-Badry revealed secrets about her own life, the messages she wanted to convey through her novels and the moral restrictions she puts for herself while writing.
Wadi El-Nil celebrates 70 success stories
The hospital has a specialised team that consists of six different doctors.
On the life of a rebel: Ghassan Kanafani
On answering a question regarding the relation between his political life and being a novelist, Kanafani replied: âMy political position springs from my being a novelist.
âBakarâ returns in Ramadan
The episodes of the new cartoon series have been extended to 12 minutes each
Okhtein and Yasmine Pay Tribute to African Women
âWe are trying to represent women who are trying to find love in anything,â says El-Said
Book review: ‘Land of the Gypsies’Â
In his novel, âArd El-Ghagarâ, Abu Haiba takes his readers deep into the strange and mysterious land of the gypsies, where wisdom, tradition and magic are strongly present in painting the present as well as shaping the future of the gypsy clans.
People, music and change: The Bin Al-Sarayat conundrum
Those young people enforced their culture on a mainstream taste that I deem decadent, says Wagdy Al-Komy