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Detox: Room at Region “X” and music from the world of Samir Seif
Your weekly guide to unwind during the weekend.
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.
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
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
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?
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
contemporary art
28 min read
Wonder, wander – No. 2: Meandering, uncertain, predestined
Sara Elkamel
| Conversations from this year’s Spring Sessions
contemporary art
35 min read
Wonder, wander – No. 1: Grazing the animals within us
Sara Elkamel
| Conversations from this year’s Spring Sessions
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
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