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Last Friday, at the Goethe-Institut in Cairo, Hany El-Metennawy’s theatre troupe El-Shanta (or ‘The Bag’), which he founded, staged the premiere of Nefertiti Queen of the City of Light, a stage reading, written and directed by El-Metennawy
Cairo-based dance duo Nasa4nasa (Noura Seif and Salma Abdelsalam) premiered their latest performance, No Mercy in August 2022, at Rawabet theatre in downtown Cairo, leaving a packed audience mesmerised before launching their European tour this winter with a performance at HAU Berlin, Germany. On a late summer evening in downtown Cairo, dance duo, Nasa4nasa (Noura Seif Hassanein and Salma AbdelSalam) premiered their latest performance, No Mercy – an experiment in the art of bewitchment and (...)
As far as the West was concerned, the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak meant that the system had been changed. But for many young Egyptians, the uprising has continued. Hans-Christoph Zimmermann spoke to Laila Soliman about what it's like to live and make theatre under the rule of the Supreme Military Council
Ahmed el-Attar founded the Studio Emad Eddin Foundation (SEE) in 2005. He is also the artistic director of D-Caf, the director of the Falaki Theatre, a producer, theatre director and playwright. In an interview with Barbara Kaufmann, he talks about the importance of having spaces where the arts can be freely explored and practised, about free theatre and about the appeal of
Stop and Dance! Spontaneous flash mob art amid social upheaval and political turmoil – "Stop and Dance" is an ambitions intercultural dance project, which aims to promote mobile street art in Egypt. Amira El Ahl reports from Cairo Eight women stand on an escalator leading to the platform of the St. Theresia metro station in the district of Shubra. They stand one behind the other and don't seem to be paying much attention to anyone else. Then the first woman reaches the bottom of the escalator. Instead of walking further to the train platform like all of the other passengers, she presses ...