March 9th, 2013 
Rowan El Shimi An exciting workshop dubbed Safarni takes the children of Ard El-Lewa to a new country twice a month through games, visual aids and meeting people from the country in the art space Artellewa – Originally published in Ahram Online. ————– That feeling of excitement, when you board the plane to go on a new journey [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Blog, Development & Causes, Published Articles 
Tags: Artellewa, Development, Education, Informal Education, Safarni, Travel 
No Comments » May 31st, 2012 Rowan El Shimi مجموعة مصرين نزلوا الفيلم ده الحيكون سلسلة حلقات أفلام توثيقية عن الحق في السكن، مشاكل المناطق العشوائية كما تسمى و عن كيف تمارس الحياه اليومية في هذه المجتمعات. شغل ١٠/١٠ بصراحة. اقراء أكثر عن المشروع هنا.
May 29th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi القاهرة أو مصر بوجه عام فيها جناين و حدائق عامة كتير سواء في الميادين أو حدائق مخصصة. دائماً بنلاقي نفسنا معديين من قدام الحدائق القريبة من بيوتنا و نلاقيها فاضية، خالية من الناس، مع إن حواليها عمارات كثيرة تتميز بالكثافة السكانية. الواحد بيلاقي الشوارع زحمة و الحدائق فاضية حتى في نهاية الاسبوع. بنلاقي برضه إن [...]
March 23rd, 2012 Rowan El Shimi In addition to being dear friends, these are amazing people who use their talent to mirror society in such a way that is more than necessary in post-revolutionary times. Drawing their inspiration from contemporary Egyptian culture and society, Like Jelly’s music makes fun of absolutely everybody, pushes the boundaries set forth by society, and maintains their right [...]
Posted in Art, Music & Culture, Blog, People, Photography Tags: Like Jelly, Local Music No Comments »
January 28th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi فيلم جديد بالغة العربية مع وجود ترجمة لعدة لغات ليعرف العالم على الشيخ إمام. الفيلم من إخراج و إنتاج و سيناريو أحمد مناويشي. يتكلم الفيلم عن حياة و موسيقة الفنان المناضل الشيخ إمام مع العلم إنه كان أحد رموز الكفاح المصري في الستينات من أجل الحرية و العدالة الاجتماعية. أغاني الشيخ إمام مع قدمها [...]
Posted in Art, Music & Culture, Blog Tags: Documentary, Egyptian Revolution, Film, Sheikh Imam No Comments »
December 17th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi These photos were not taken by me. However, I felt the need to compile them all into one place to get a clear vision of what monsters we are dealing with. Also, as a way to make it easier to share and disseminate. Don’t underestimate the power of photos and videos. They have taken us [...]
December 16th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi This morning army and military police attacked the sit-in that has been taking place on Parliament street, also known as “Occupy Cabinet” Protests since November 25th demanding the removal of SCAF (Supreme Council of Armed Forces) and showing their dissent to the “National Salvation Government” that SCAF appointed following violent clashes near Tahrir and massive [...]
Posted in Blog, Local & Global Affairs, Photography, Photojournalism Tags: brutality, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Occupy Cabinet, SCAF, Torture No Comments »
December 6th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Last month I got a lovely email from an American independent activist band called Emma’s Revolution. They wanted to use my photo on their new Album Cover (Revolution Per Minute). After I listened to some of their music and understood what kind of issues they were creating music for I knew I definitely wanted to [...]
Posted in Art, Music & Culture, Blog Tags: Egyptian Revolution, Emma's Revolution, Photography No Comments »
November 26th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi In Egypt, sexual harassment has been an issue for quite sometime. Women can’t walk down the street without being harassed whether verbally, physically or just by inappropriate looks. According to the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights research 85% of Egyptian women have experienced sexual harassment and 55% of them are exposed to it on a [...]
Posted in Blog, Local & Global Affairs Tags: Egypt, Sexual Harassment, Tahrir, Women's Rights 2 Comments »
November 20th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi أيوة الشعب هو المشكلة. احنا السبنى العسكر يحكمنا مع اننا عارفين إن احنا في دولة بيحكمها العسكر من وقت ما شالو الملك. ناصر كان عسكر. و مش بس عسكر كمان دكتاتور كبير قمع القوة السياسية و إستغل سذاجة الاخوان المسلمين و طمعهم فالسلطة وركبها هو و ابتدى يودينا في داهية. بعدها جه السادات. هو كمان [...]
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