Osama Abdel-Moneim (b.1984) is a multi-faceted artist with a strong social conscience – working with painting, drawing, photography and most recently, installation. [This article was originally published in the Cairo Art Blog] “Hodge Podge of Offenders,” installation, 2012. Your most recent work at the 2012 Salon of Youth was a two meter by two meter […]
Posts Tagged ‘Art for Development’

VIDEO Story: Theater project reacts to current events in Ard El-Lewa


‘The Living Newspaper’ in Artellewa offers workshops and bi-weekly performances a space for artistic reaction to current events and social issues in Egypt — Published in Ahram Online. —– In the heart of Ard El-Lewa neighbourhood on the outskirts of Giza, lies an art gallery and centre that aims to serve the community: Artellewa. The […]

Social change reaches Alexandria through the arts


For more than a decade, the Alexandria-based Gudran Association for Arts and Development has pursued social transformation through artistic projects and support for local culture. Originally published in Ahram Online. ——————— Alexandria, a city seldom thought of when thinking of Egypt’s contemporary cultural movement, continues to prove its vital role on the cultural scene. In […]

Oyoon Art Group to establish Minya as Upper Egypt’s cultural hub


Oyoon Art Group are operating in Minya City to establish it as a cultural hub for Upper-Egypt by creating free and open spaces for self-expression and crowd-sourcing techniques to establish Minya’s cultural identity. [Article published in Ahram Online] I attended one of their events in Minya last July, which inspired me to write another article […]