Hamed Nada’s “Folkways” (nd) in When Arts Become Liberty: The Egyptian Surrealists (1938–65) exhibition (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The calls to revise the canon of art history have ...

Since 2015, Egypt's government has been working to create a new, modern Egypt. They are building a $59 billion city in the desert and have already built 4,350 miles of new roads and 900 tunnels and ...

Egypt isn’t one place—it’s layers. From Alexandria’s sea-front culture to Giza’s pyramids beside high-rises, then south to Luxor and Aswan, plus underrated Minya and the Suez Canal cities. Eight hubs ...

AFA copy 39088019763788 is a gift from Janet Stanley. "The Egyptian caricature is generally studied as part of Egyptian mass culture, and mainly discussed in the context of Egypt's anti-colonial ...

The vibrant capital of Egypt offers an enchanting experience that any traveler would want to be immersed in. With its deep-rooted history and significant African and Middle Eastern heritage, Cairo, ...

Behind the assertive exterior of intellectual Louis Awad there lay a compassionate observer ready to consider the views of his opponents, writes Tarek Osman in his series of articles on the makers of ...

A once splendid but long dilapidated Egyptian palace built for a trailblazing Ottoman governor is being restored to its former glory and is on course to open next year, according to authorities. The ...

Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine made some of the most penetrating films ever made about Egypt’s psyche. Cinema has shaped modern Egyptian consciousness probably more than any other medium. And ...

Pedestrians, donkeys and cars swerved past our table in the narrow cobblestone street of Muiz li Dan Allah. Amir El-lithy's passionate discourse about contemporary art was interrupted by a wedding ...