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Townhouse dips into the archive on its 20th anniversary: But where are the stories?

Sara Elkamel | Sara ElKamel speaks with Townhouse's Mariam al-Nozahy about the gallery’s 20-year retrospective

11 September 2018

On the economic history of making music in Egypt and Yousra El Hawary’s crowdfunding campaign

Ahmed Nada | Crowdfunding may be a way to rebel against the rules of the market and the state.

28 May 2017

Producing inequality: Creative economies in Cairo

Ilka Eickhof | Economic language has seeped deep into the everyday in western Europe, and is being imported into Egypt

20 April 2017

Cactus Flower: A glimpse behind a Swiss-Egyptian dance collaboration

Alexandra Stock | How the dance that follows on from Hala Elkoussy's film came into being.

21 October 2016

Slums, gated communities and public space

Adham Selim | On global cultural policies and the architectural stalemate in Egypt.

19 October 2016

On creative ways to fund films, and women who killed their husbands

Rowan El Shimi | Egypt’s indie filmmakers come up with alternative methods of making, from crowdfunding to no-budget

20 October 2015

Cactus Flower: Talking to Hala Elkoussy about film and crowdfunding

Mahmoud Hosni | It has become apparent of late that cinema production is declining as a result of TV, as the Ramadan

8 October 2015

The lost art of patronage: 5 remarkable Egyptian art patrons

Fatenn Mostafa Kanafani | The history of Egyptian modern art is rich with patrons whose legacy, visionary commitment and generosity

19 June 2015

Stara highlights tense gap between state, commercial and alternative arts

Rowan El Shimi | When Stara was set to launch at Emad Eddin Street’s Naguib al-Rihany Theater, it caught newspaper headlines

21 February 2015

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Opinion

Culture, the state, and the culture of the state

I thought it appropriate to start this article with an excerpt from a poem by the famous Palestinian

7 January 2014