Shakespeare’s Globe is currently on a very ambitious tour to commemorate 400 years since William Shakespeare’s death. They are taking Hamlet to “every country in the world” — or 205 to be more accurate — over the course of two years. On Monday January 12, Egypt was the 67th country to be ticked off the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Bibliotheca Alexandrina’
To be or not to be: A night of mobile ringtones
April 19th, 2015 
Rowan El Shimi 
Posted in Mada Masr, Published Articles 
Tags: Audience, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Theatre 
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VIDEO Story: Alexandrian wind plays music in Sawteyat
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Displayed in front of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 26 and 28 February, ‘Sawteyat’ project uses handmade instruments with specific notes designed to be played by the wind — Published in Ahram Online. —– Alexandrian musician Khaled Kaddal makes instruments out of different types of metal designed to be played by the wind giving a melodic […]
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Photo Gallery: Massar Egbari rock Bibliotheca Alexandrina
March 9th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Alexandria’s biggest independent music band put on a big show for a diverse crowd on 30 December to end 2012 on a positive revolutionary note – originally published in Ahram Online. Massar Egbari had a line up filling two hours of mostly their oriental rock originals with a few covers of Arabic classics. The crowd […]
