Seven years after the renowned filmmaker Mohamed Khan passed away, Nahed Nasr reviews the landscape of Egyptian cinema as he saw it when he started out
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David Tresilian reports from this year’s Maghreb des Livres Book Fair in Paris, an annual rendez-vous for French-speaking readers on the Arab world
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Rania Khallaf attended a unique art event in Hurghada and found out about another
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Two Egyptian Netflix releases this Eid season mark a remarkable surge in feminist movie-making, writes Soha Hesham, but how well is the message being delivered?
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Hani Mustafa saw the most talked about Eid film, Kira and Al-Gin
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Duncan Macmillan's play Every Brilliant Thing was staged in Egyptian Arabic at the Rawabet Art Space in Cairo
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After laughing her head off at his Naguib Al-Rihani-inspired play, Soha Hesham spoke to stage director Nasser Abdel-Moneim
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A new biography of Egyptian writer Taha Hussein emphasises his role in building the cultural institutions of modern Egypt, writes David Tresilian
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Farah El-Akkad meets Peter Falatyn, the American who wrote a book in Egyptian Arabic
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Nahed Nasr profiles Palestinian filmmaker Layaly Badr
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From Meir, To Meir is a documentary directed by Egyptian filmmaker and film professor Maggie Morgan
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Hani Mustafa saw Moon Knight
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Rania Khallaf enjoyed two new, flower-filled exhibitions
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Summer is back and the new cultural season kicks off with, among other performances across the urban landscape, the traditional, Sufi-rooted tannoura whirling dancers, who will be performing at the 16th-century Sultan Al-Ghouri complex.
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To celebrate the award of the Nile Art Prize to Dawoud Abdel-Sayed, Al-Ahram Weekly reviews the filmmaker’s remarkable contribution.
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