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Video | Mariam
Menem Sami
| Twenty-year-old Mariam Naim is an online radio host, performer, and Special Olympics athlete
Germany
16 min read
The Lion and the Brown Witch: Reflections on this year’s Africa-focused Festival Theaterformen
Ismail Fayed
| Ismail Fayed reflects on Festival Theaterformen’s Africa-focused program in Brunswick, Germany
Mada seminars
16 min read
Grasping the messianic moment
Ismail Fayed
| A reflection on the 2016 “Mada Encounters” seminar on history and culture
theater
9 min read
Zobaida: A surrealism of the everyday
Areej Gamal
| Zobaida is a triumph of rebellious theater that rebels against traditional methods of production
theater reviews
12 min read
A state-approved play distills Islam’s history to its most regrettable parts
Rose Elbay
| How does a government-approved play called Mohamed feel about the slaughter of “infidels”?
theater
13 min read
Observations on the Cairo International Festival for “Contemporary and Experimental” Theater
Natik Awayez
| On the artistic responsibilities of presenting an arts festival, & moving away from modernism
theater reviews
5 min read
Shady al-Daly’s new play pokes fun at happiness gurus
Amany Ali Shawky
| The Magical Recipe for Happiness asks its audience to stop listening to those who think they know better
D-CAF
10 min read
Zig Zig: Bridging an unbridgeable distance to rape in 1919?
Naira Antoun
| When British soldiers came into villagers’ houses in Nazlat al-Shobak in 1919, according to village
Alexandria
20 min read
Q&A on why Theater is a Must in Alexandria
Rowan El Shimi
| Rowan El Shimi investigates why Alexandria's political theater forum might be coming to an end.
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Beirut
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Ismail Fayed
Death of a hegemon: Mid-century Egyptian music in Beirut
The term "hishik bishik" is an Egyptian expression to denote cabaret-like performance, especially one
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American University in Cairo
6 min read
Budget cuts threaten survival of AUC’s theater program, says professor
cinema
4 min read
Tips from the culture desk: June 7-13 in Cairo, Port Said
Bussy
4 min read
BuSSy Monologues’ new show halted at Cairo Opera House
Culture Ministry
3 min read
Actor Youssef Ismail to direct newly opened National Theater
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