Arts & Culture

Broken cameras catch human view of Palestine village

Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat spent five years filming his village's resistance to Israeli settlers and brought his intimate but powerful documentary to the Sundance film festival

'The Manufacturing of Lies,' to be screened on anniversary of Egypt revolution

Al-Jazeera's documentary 'The Manufacturing of Lies' will be screened at El Sawy Culturewheel on 25 January, the anniversary of Egypt's revolution

Syrian-British filmmaker arrested: rights group

As Syrian artists are being targeted by the Assad regime, Syrian-British filmmaker was arrested Monday

Blues singer Etta James dies at 73

Etta James, the influential 1950s rhythm-and-blues singer best known for her show-stopping hit 'At Last', died of leukemia

Award-winning TokTok magazine celebrates first anniversary

One of Cairo's most successful, playful and satirical comic magazines celebrates its one year anniversary

'18DaysinEgypt.com' to launch tonight

A documentary website ‘18 Days in Egypt" will be launched tonight at Tahrir Lounge, in which attendees will share their own footage and stories of the revolution

Street screening of Tahrir 2011

The documentary film Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad and The Politician will be screened in the street a day before January 25 Revolution’s anniversary

Iranian film A Separation among 9 films selected in the Oscars shortlist

Asghar Farhadi's A Separation, has been chosen among 8 other films in this year's Oscars shortlist for foreign film

Stage & Street

Ultras football fans inspired by Egypt's ongoing revolution create pop culture

Football fans, Ultras of Egypt, have not only been on-the-ground key players in Egypt's political scene, but have even created their own pop culture since the revolution

Life in the Square photography book launched at Taz Palace

Egyptian photographer Adel Wassily launched his photography book Life in the Square Thursday, alongside songs from El-Masreyeen

EVENTS SCHEDULE: Commemorating the Egyptian revolution

Although the Egyptian revolution is far from over, a number of cultural venues across Egypt celebrate the revolution's one-year anniversary

Oyoon Art Group to establish Minya as Upper Egypt’s cultural hub

A group of four friends from Minya tell the story of how they grew up working in development through art and as adults managed to turn their work into a new cultural movement

Grand Sheikh of Azhar declares support for personal freedoms

The document issued by Ahmed El-Tayeb stresses that personal freedoms, including freedom of expression and of belief, should be included in the constitution, as long as religion is not disrespected

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Attacks on pro-revolution Syrian artists increase

Disappearance of Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel last week is only latest in string of attacks on ‎anti-regime artists and their families

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Film

Egypt's YouTube revolution: Is it art?

The creators of the viral media in Egypt give their opinion on whether the flood of videos either satirising events or exposing truths in the country's revolution can be called 'art'

Future Shorts makes appearance in Cairo

An impromptu festival for short films was held yesterday, under the umbrella of Future Shorts, at the Amuse concept store

Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel missing

Ever since the beginning of the Syrian revolution many artists have been brutally attacked; actor Jalal Al-Taweel is the latest victim

Visual Art

Polish artists respond to Ganzeer's appeal for 'Mad Graffiti Week'

When the Egyptian artist Ganzeer called for international artists to support Egypt's revolution, Polish artists were among the first to rise to the graffiti challenge

One year after martyrdom: Bakir's exhibition at Hanager provokes reflection

An exhibition by Ziad Bakir - martyr of Egypt's revolution - displays a remarkable talent and provokes reflection on life's fragility

Cairo Documenta 2: Young Art Experiments

Artists commemorate the late artist and revolutionary, Ahmed Bassiouny, in an experimental, raw and dynamic exhibition at Cairo's Viennoise hotel

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