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conversations about the arts • 28 min read
Detox: Room at Region “X” and music from the world of Samir Seif
Your weekly guide to unwind during the weekend.
13 December 2019
detox • 23 min read
Detox | Issue 05: In light of current events
For days, the air was filled with tension, excitement and, at times, panic.
4 October 2019
conversations about the arts • 23 min read
Disquiet, vulnerability and muffled violence: A conversation on the films of Ahmed ElGhoneimy
Salma El Tarzi | All three of your films display a certain kind of disquiet towards the idea of masculinity
18 July 2019
art • 40 min read
On Farouk Wahba’s atelier: Chronicle of a mentor and his students
Ali Hussein Al Adawy | Alexandrian artist Farouk Wahba created a contemporary art movement which still echoes today
16 July 2019
contemporary art • 21 min read
Binaries in music writing: Gender as a way out
Maha ElNabawi | Are we meant to discuss music solely through aesthetic critique or are we meant to contextualize it?
6 June 2019
contemporary art • 34 min read
Wonder, wander – No. 3: Time spills upward and downward, and all around
Sara Elkamel | Conversations from this year’s Spring Sessions
5 August 2018
contemporary art • 28 min read
Wonder, wander – No. 2: Meandering, uncertain, predestined
Sara Elkamel | Conversations from this year’s Spring Sessions
7 July 2018
contemporary art • 35 min read
Wonder, wander – No. 1: Grazing the animals within us
Sara Elkamel | Conversations from this year’s Spring Sessions
17 June 2018
conversations about the arts • 22 min read
On the politics of the image in conservative societies: An interview with Nadia Mounier
Leila Arman | In conversation with the photographer and visual artist on her first solo show
29 October 2017
 
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