When the art of tinsel needlework known as tally began to disappear in the twentieth century, conservation groups and researchers tried to keep it alive, and also to document its methods and motifs
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Egypt in colours is an initiative started in February 2011 by five Faculty of Arts graduates, with a passion for art that they always wanted to share with the public
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The classic epic of real-life-figure-turned-hero al-Zahir Beibars describes a struggle between the good and the bad during the 300-year reign of the mighty Mamluk generals
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This Wednesday marks Al-Israa and Miaraj, the Prophet Mohammed’s night journey to the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and ascendancy to heaven
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Seif Ibn Zi Yazan, a Yemeni king, was predestined to greatness; Even before he was born, soothsayers were chanting his life in verse attributed to none other than Noah, the biblical figure himself
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Half of Cairo's charm is in it's past, which the Downtown Memory project manages to preserve
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Sheikh Fayed Mohamed Fayed gives remarkable Sufi chanting performance as part of Ramadan programme at Makan
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Celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek features a highly unique calligraphy collection by artist Khodeir El-Borsaidy
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Mein Fat A'adimoh Tah (He Who Loses His Past is Lost)Festival opens at El-Sennary House at Sayeda Zeinab, with storytelling about Egypt and plans for heritage revival in the near future
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Have you ever spent any time reading El-Maqrizi, Ibn Iyas or Ibn Taghri Birdi, completely losing your bearing in the Cairo of the tenth or thirteenth centuries?
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A seminar is held to celebrate the book of graffiti prints- an Upper Egyptian phenomenon
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A new ancient Egyptian music master's programme is to open soon, intensifying the revival of the ancient art
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An evening of story telling by Samira Kirollos explores the rich lives of three Pharaonic icons: Akhnaton, Hatshepsut and Cleopatra
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It is perhaps one of the most detailed, sophisticated visions of Cairo’s future to have been put together in the past thirty years or so
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The Ramadan lantern, or fanous, is a time-honoured decoration that started on Ramadan to welcome a Fatimid Caliph in the year 968
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