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music • 16 min read
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
arts funding • 20 min read
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
dance • 11 min read
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
architecture • 15 min read
Slums, gated communities and public space
Adham Selim | On global cultural policies and the architectural stalemate in Egypt.
19 October 2016
Aida El Kashef • 10 min read
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
arts funding • 8 min read
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
art history • 22 min read
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
100Copies • 11 min read
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
arts funding • 11 min read
Gypsum Gallery’s first year: An alternative in the making
Ismail Fayed | With nine shows for its first year, Gypsum Gallery is proving itself to be a different and perhaps alternative
10 February 2015
 
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