Music is a messenger for peace
New York - Political and religious leaders are finding help for their peacemaking efforts from an unlikely source: contemporary musicians. An inter-religious orchestra of Jewish, Muslim and Catholic musicians was…
19th Experimental Theater festival continues to push boundaries
In a country where complex forms of cultural content are always marginalized, it is still astonishing how experimental theater - one of the most demanding of all arts - continues…
Now you see it, now you don't
Street entertainers, I thought, were a thing of the past. The magicians who performed on sidewalks were an old phenomenon, a disappearing act. A recent documentary directed by Ahmed Abou…
Flamenco flame lights up the night
Passion, poise and precision summed up the performance as flamenco star María Pagés and her group took to the stage at the Cairo Opera House on Wednesday evening.The show starts…
Return of the underdogs
It s become the order of the day for any independent/cult artist or band to eventually succumb to market demands, abandon their eccentric sound and deliver a record with a…
There's a rat in the kitchen
Ratatouille, Pixar s latest animated film about one rat s dream of haute cuisine, leaves viewers hungry. In the true spirit of haute cuisine, beautifully presented dishes were served up,…
A Nepali artist takes us on a tour of South Asian spirituality
Stepping inside the work of artist Sharmila Shahi Faiia, you are taken into a world of Asian gods, goddesses and philosophies. Using bold colors, the painter brings to life a…
Rachid, Italian Trade Minister assess bilateral action plan
CAIRO: Italy agreed to grant LE 100 million to the Egyptian-Italian Technology Cooperation Fund as well as train 250,000 Egyptian workers in the fields of leather, foodstuffs, textiles, engineering, furniture…
Economic growth will not leave out the poor, says Rachid
CAIRO: "Do not forget the poor, was the message at the heart of Minister of Trade Rachid Mohamed Rachid's keynote address on the last day of the Euromoney Egypt Conference…
Conference cites successful economic reforms, but more are required
CAIRO: Sustaining higher growth rates, tackling unemployment, and combating poverty are just some of the issues Egypt needs to tackle before it can successfully foray Into the Second Wave."The economy…
