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Street Smart: Cairo's Downtown Memory project keeps the history alive
Half of Cairo's charm is in it's past, which the Downtown Memory project manages to preserve
Street smart: The banker that mapped Cairo
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?
Folk: Hajj paintings in Arabic Edition
A seminar is held to celebrate the book of graffiti prints- an Upper Egyptian phenomenon
"Shaabi" concert at El-Geneina Theatre on Thursday
The Out of the Picture Festival will host "shaabi" (popular) music tomorrow, Thursday, 20 October
Shaabi music in the limelight
El-Geneina Theatre pushes boundaries in their search for underground talents, bringing shaabi (popular) music from the streets and weddings to the stage
Hajj: Keswa
The covering, or keswa, of the Kaaba was traditionally made in Egypt
Hajj: Songs
Ritual songs which used to accompany the sending of the cover of the Kaaba from Egypt to Mecca
Hajj: Ibrahim and Ismail
Upon seeing Hajar, Sarah sank in a sea of bewilderment
Street Smart: Heliopolis, a walk to remember
Once a cosmopolitan Egyptian neighbourhood beholding architectural gems, a walk in Heliopolis is still inspirational  
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    Mamluk era arms market falls into disrepair
    The once bustling Souq Al-Selah Street lies in the heart of Islamic Cairo surrounded now by piles of refuse, as it slowly decays and slips out of the collective memory

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    Street Smart: Cairo 2050, Guilty by design or association?
    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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    Folk: Sufi Music Fills the Ramadan Air
    On the fourth night of Samaa International Sufi Festival, members of the Pakistani Rafi Peer band create musical magic for an eager crowd

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    Makan brings tradition back to Cairo
    Makan, the Egyptian Centre for Culture and Art, buzzes with the grassroots sound of the Nile Delta, featuring little seen stars

    Folk: Khodeir’s letters - Calligraphy personalised in his exhibition
    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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    A sad story about one of Egypt's greatest storytellers: Ramadan Khater
    Last week Egypt lost one of its greatest and inimitable storytellers, Ramadan Khater


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