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Cairo Egypt

Traditional Egyptian cultural figure El-Aragoz brought back to life

El-Aragoz is a traditional puppet in Egyptian culture. He is usually small…

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Egypt

TV talk shows in Ramadan mostly disappoint

A different trend seen this Ramadan involves familiar actors, musicians and the…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
cairo

Brazilian TV show visits Egypt

Our shows are 30 minutes long and we use three to five…

Adel Heine
Adel Heine
cairo

Ramadan timings revolutionised

Everything was set up to cater for the Ramadan culture of our…

Rana Allam
Rana Allam
cairo

Mojo’s: The Oasis of Normalcy

Sometimes you want to feel like you are in regular old Cairo…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
book review

Gaza: Stay Human

As if words are not enough to describe how humanity was crushed…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Cairo Opera House

The Cairo Opera House brings an international flavour to Ramadan

For the Iraqi portion of the audience, the concert and Madfai’s performance…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
cairo

Fake fawanees: the rise of the abominations

Walking down any busy commercial street in Cairo during Ramadan, Egyptian culture…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa
controversial

Controversial Ramadan series wows audiences

The show takes the bold step of having actors depicting Omar and…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
cairo

Mesaharaty: the human cockerel

This staple of Egyptian culture – for those who do not know…

Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa