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		<title>Photo Gallery: The untouched beaches of Egypt&#8217;s south</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unknown even to many Egyptians, southern Egypt is home to several protected beaches of unparalleled natural beauty and splendour &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. In southern Egypt&#8217;s Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate, which sits on over 7,450 square kilometres of land, lie two beaches featuring exquisite natural beauty, clear waters and an array of wildlife co-existing with their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s Marsa Alam hosts unique music festival (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Near Egypt&#8217;s Marsa Alam, about 800 kilometres from Cairo, musicians, film lovers, and environmentally engaged individuals came together for three days in &#8217;3al Ganoob Festival&#8217; &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212;- Over 400 people from Cairo and Alexandria camped in the scenic beauty of Egypt&#8217;s south, about 800 kilometres from the capital, as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D-CAF Reflections: Worthy event deserves better marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt&#8217;s Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) ends this week after providing Cairo with an array of strong performances. Ahram Online reflects on the festival&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212;- In its second edition, or what its organisers called its first official edition, the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) provided Cairo with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Like Jelly band begin Egypt tour with El-Arish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mixing music with storytelling, Egyptian band Like Jelly launch their three-month nationwide tour in Sinai&#8217;s El-Arish &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212; Egyptian storyteller-musicians Like Jelly start their three-month nationwide tour.The group is made up of young musicians who fuse an acoustic sound with storytelling to comment on Egyptian society and politics and aim to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding for Egyptian cultural projects: Q&amp;A with EU official</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahram Online sat with the Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Egypt to discuss their support for D-CAF and future funding opportunities in Egypt &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212;- As part of the closing week of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) activities, a roundtable discussion was set up hosting the ambassador of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online toolkit for documenting performing arts launches in D-CAF</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was invited to be one of the speakers at an event launching a toolkit for the documentation of performing arts during D-CAF, you can find Ahram Online&#8216;s coverage of it below. &#8212;- Documenting the performing arts has proven to be troublesome time and time again. To address the issue at large, an online toolkit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The street is watching you: Digital installation engages Downtown crowd (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collaboration with my beautiful colleague Sara Elkamel where she wrote, and I did video. Check out her article on Ahram Online here. Face the Vetrine is a public art installation on Mahmoud Bassiony street in Downtown Cairo by Ganzeer and Yasmine Elayat. Everyday for a month the artists put on a new face to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: SMSlingshot brings urban digital graffiti to Cairo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In short-lived digital graffiti messages, SMSlingshot arms the public with digital slingshots to resist street advertising by private companies &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. As part of the visual arts programme of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), VR/URBAN collective from Germany bring SMSlingshot to Cairo as a tool for public space freedom and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cairo&#8217;s Hal Badeel festival ends on a positive note with bright future ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cairo&#8217;s Hal Badeel (Alternative Solution) Festival for Arts showcases independent artists, relying on volunteer efforts and a zero budget model; Ahram Online sat with the origanisers to learn about future projects &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212;- A large group of volunteers created an &#8220;alternative solution&#8221; to the closing down of Rawabet Theatre as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D-CAF brings World War I to Cairo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowan El Shimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch group Hotel Modern presents a live performance using miniature objects, landscapes, sound installations and powerful storytelling in &#8216;The Great War&#8217; &#8212; Published in Ahram Online. &#8212;- Walking into Hotel Modern&#8217;s performance of The Great War, one cannot possibly foresee how powerful miniature objects can be in transmitting the emotional and physical experience of being [...]]]></description>
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