Art
For decades, an affordable housing shortage in Cairo, one of the largest cities in the world, has resulted in hundreds of families moving into the cemeteries. Photojournalist Tamara Abdul Hadi went into one such community to document what life is like among the dead.
Opinion
Global Voices is reporting on a new social media hashtag that is demonstrating that pro-LGBT proponents in Egypt are not afraid to speak out. The hashtag #ضد_رهاب_المثلية (Against homophobia) has been generating conversation between LGBT supporters and opponents, but its very existence points to a b
Art
This week's Egyptian election drama offers a curious backdrop to Michael von Graffenried's photographs of life in Cairo.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — The image above has been making the rounds on social media this week. What you're looking at is a wall in Cairo painted to look like it's not a wall, like it goes through and enters into Tahrir Square.
News
La Libération newspaper has confirmed [http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012378369-l-institut-d-egypte-fonde-par-bonaparte-est-parti-en-fumee] that the 213-year-old Institut d'Égypte, which was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798, has been ravaged by fire.
Opinion
This week, the lowdown on Mark di Suvero's radical history, Terry Richardson's parents, street art in Cairo, Miami and without spray paint, word clouds and some erotic Austrian art of yesteryear … and some other great links.
News
If Twitter has been dominating the discussion of social media and the current protests in Egypt, they aren't the only social network filling the intertubes with oodles of information created by everyday people, media professionals, and governmental forces. Sure the other social media channels have s
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The information is coming fast and furious via regarding the Egyptian Museum and the attack of protesters by pro-government authorities in Tahrir Square. So we are compiling a list of tweets to keep you up-to-date on what's happening on the ground. Many of these tweets are from Tahrir Square, and ot
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There have been many reports about damage to Egypt's art treasures, but reports are conflicting at best, which may be because the facts are being caught up in the spin of the Egyptian government's propaganda campaign to represent themselves as the group capable of maintaining the safety of the publi
Art
Amman, Jordan — The decision to leave Egypt wasn't easy on me, but I was out of options. Feeling alone, broke, beaten up, and lonely in a country I can't predict anymore made me feel uncertain about the future. This revolution has been a life-altering event to each one of the people witnessing it, a
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Cairo — I won’t lie to you. I was scared yesterday. I got in a fight with a group of passersby in one of the poorest neighborhood in Cairo. The people thought I was reporting for Al-Jazeera, the Qatari-based news channel that has been the target of major government propaganda over the last few days.
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Cairo — As I write this story, I am in my room overlooking the main square of Cairo, ironically called Tahrir Square, which means Liberty in Arabic. The square is buzzing with what news agencies estimate is as much as half a million protesters, chanting together. People want to overthrow the preside