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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

9 September 2018

Mada seminars • 16 min read

Grasping the messianic moment

Ismail Fayed | A reflection on the 2016 “Mada Encounters” seminar on history and culture

18 August 2018

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

31 January 2018

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”?

3 July 2017

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

1 November 2016

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

5 July 2016

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

21 April 2016

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.

19 April 2016

2B Continued • 18 min read

In conversation: On 2B Continued and performing arts in Egypt

Hanaa Safwat and Rowan El Shimi | How long do we coddle for? When do we decide that the audience is ready to see something a little less

24 December 2015

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Opinion

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

3 April 2015

News

American University in Cairo • 6 min read

Budget cuts threaten survival of AUC’s theater program, says professor

17 February 2016

cinema • 4 min read

Tips from the culture desk: June 7-13 in Cairo, Port Said

6 June 2015

Bussy • 4 min read

BuSSy Monologues’ new show halted at Cairo Opera House

17 March 2015

Culture Ministry • 3 min read

Actor Youssef Ismail to direct newly opened National Theater

11 January 2015