On the first day back to school, Egypt’s students and their parents talk to Ahram Online about their aspirations for the school year and the education system In Dokki district of Giza, part of greater Cairo, students and parents express their desires for a positive education system and hopes for improvement in the new school […]
Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’
VIDEO: Egypt’s students, parents express hopes for new school year
February 16th, 2015 
Rowan El Shimi 
Les Petits Chats to reunite in Bibliotheca Alexandrina
February 14th, 2015 Rowan El Shimi Les Petits Chats, a cover band which started in 1967, gets together for the closing event of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Summer Festival on Tuesday 2 September. In Alexandria, the singers will be joined by Nayer Nagui who worked on some arrangements of the songs and who will also play piano. Rami Soussou will play keyboards, […]
Shout Art Loud: Interesting interactive documentary with several drawbacks
February 14th, 2015 Rowan El Shimi Interactive web documentary Shout Art Loud follows artists who tackle sexual harassment — Published in Ahram Online. —— Taking viewers on a ride through the Cairo Metro, filmmaker Melody Patry employs an unconventional style to create a documentary that shows Egyptian artists as they respond to the issue of sexual harassment. Shout Art Loud – […]
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Tags: Documentary, Egypt, Freedom of Expression, Sexual Harassment, Shout Art Loud 
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Segn Al-Nesa: Ramadan TV hit offers glimpse of life in women’s prison
February 14th, 2015 Rowan El Shimi The series created by the team behind last Ramadan’s critically acclaimed Zaat invites audiences into the lives of female prisoners and wardresses in the infamous Qanater Prison — published in Ahram Online. ——– “Prison is not just a high fence and a locked door. Prison can be in a piece of clothing you don’t want […]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Egypt, Ramadan, Review, Segn El-Nesa, Television No Comments »
Provokant genug
December 9th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi An article I worked on with my colleague Fatma Aydemir during my internship at Taz about a conference hosted by Goethe in Berlin on ‘Transformation and Culture’ in Egypt and Tunisia In Tunesien wird die Kunst attackiert, die ägyptische Regierung hat andere Prioritäten: Perspektiven von der Konferenz „Transformation und Kultur“. Zum zweiten Jahrestag der ersten […]
Maii Waleed brings vivid sound to region’s independent scene
September 20th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Scheduled to perform at El-Geneina Theatre this weekend, Waleed’s dark lyrics, soft indie-rock ensemble and recently produced Album ‘Moga’ by Zeid Hemdan is set to inspire. [Originally published in Ahram Online] ————————– On Thursday 19 September, musician Maii Waleed is set to take over El-Geneina’s stage to perform a selection from her recently produced album […]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Egypt, Independent, Independent Music, Lebanon, Maii Waleed, Music, Zeid Hemdan 1 Comment »
Osama Abdel-Moneim: An Artist with a Social Conscience
September 20th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi 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 […]
Egypt’s culture sector fragmented on current political crisis
August 26th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi A statement intends to speak for Egypt’s culture sector regarding Morsi’s ouster and current Brotherhood ‘terrorism’ at a conference, but Ahram Online hears differing views — article originally published in Ahram Online. ———– Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab and several artists and intellectuals held a press conference mostly for the benefit of foreign media on […]
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Photo Gallery: The untouched beaches of Egypt’s south
May 18th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Unknown even to many Egyptians, southern Egypt is home to several protected beaches of unparalleled natural beauty and splendour — Published in Ahram Online. In southern Egypt’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 […]
Posted in Ahram Online, Beaches & Nature, Photography, Published Articles Tags: Egypt, Marsa Alam, Red Sea, South Egypt, Travel, Wadi El Gemal No Comments »
Funding for Egyptian cultural projects: Q&A with EU official
May 18th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi 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 — Published in Ahram Online. —- 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 […]
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