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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
visual art • 12 min read
Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz’s diversionary model of history fits our catastrophic moment
Dan Jakubowski | Strange marginal curiosities can help us detect a larger truth like the bending light around a black
14 October 2017
visual art • 14 min read
Paper, transport and bureaucracy in Egypt: An interview with artist Ash Moniz
Sama Waly | Ash Moniz on his Townhouse solo show “In the Anticipation of a Future Need to Know”
30 September 2017
Ahmed Sabry • 12 min read
A letter about a nostalgic art tour: A screening and three exhibitions in Cairo
Andeel | You were probably expecting this in a different format, but we’re living in a different time now
29 September 2017
visual art • 33 min read
Moments of turmoil are daily latencies made visible: A conversation with Hassan Khan
Dan Jakubowski | The Egyptian artist's Composition in a Public Park won the Sliver Lion at this year's Venice Biennale
29 August 2017
conversations about the arts • 16 min read
In conversation: Lara Khaldi on earth, artists’ books and Sharjah Biennial 13
Mai Elwakil | "Every two years Sharjah becomes a center of sorts for Arab artistic production"
11 August 2017
graffiti • 7 min read
In photos: The third Trader of Simplicity exhibition remembers Hisham Rizq
Leena ElDeeb | "We want to immortalize that feeling that overwhelmed us six years ago"
28 July 2017
visual art • 10 min read
Don’t Shrink Me to the Size of a Bullet: The works of Iraqi artist Hiwa K
Dan Jakubowski | Encountering abominations with gaiety, interrogating the body’s openness dominance by outside forces
26 July 2017
visual art • 22 min read
Distressed and homeless in Athens, settled but compromised in Kassel: On documenta 14
Dan Jakubowski | Dan Jakubowski navigates institutional ethics and painfully human art
19 July 2017
 
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Opinion
Sultan al-Qassemi
Egypt’s art museums: Out of sight, out of mind
Tucked away in the bustling commercial street of Mohamed Pasha Said in the Janaklees district of Alexandria
30 September 2014
Lina Attalah and Mark LeVine
Another 48 hours
Editor’s note: We found it hard to solicit pieces commemorating the January 25 revolution, mainly because
9 February 2014
Shehab Fakhry Ismail
Revolutionizing art
Wandering the streets of downtown Cairo you may have noticed a change in the tone of much of its street
15 October 2013
 
News
art fraud • 4 min read
2 arrested for forging paintings by Mubarak-era culture minister
4 September 2015
Hani El-Masri • 2 min read
Obituary: Egyptian ‘Disney’ artist Hani El-Masri dies at 64
25 August 2015
ek3a • 5 min read
Have an alternative Valentine’s Day in Cairo
13 February 2015
rock music • 3 min read
Teenage Egyptian artist designs new album cover for Pink Floyd
23 September 2014
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