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 
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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 [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Culture Funding, D-CAF, Egypt, EU Ambassador, MENA No Comments »
May 18th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi The ninth edition of ‘Rencontre de l’image’ closes Monday night awarding several young filmmakers and showcasing the winning films to a small audience — Published in Ahram Online. —- On Monday, the French institute in Mounira, Cairo, hosted the closing ceremony of ‘Rencontre de l’image’ film festival, which showcased shorts, features and documentaries by young [...]
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Ahram Online talks to Gilberto Gil, Grammy Award-winning musician, activist and former Brazilian culture minister on music, social activism and musical fusion — Published in Ahram Online. —— World-renowned artist Gilberto Gil took the stage at the fifth edition of the Cairo Jazz Festival performing a selection of his music as well as Bob Marley [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Art and Development, Brazil, Cairo Jazz Festival, Dina El-Wedidi, Egypt, Gilberto Gil 1 Comment »
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Ahram Online rode the underground with Noon Creative Enterprise as they put on one of their dozens of performances over the past two weeks in Cairo’s metro cars, opening conversations with commuters on sexual harassment — Published in Ahram Online. —- Recently, media coverage of sexual harassment – or perhaps more accurately gang rapes – [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Cairo, Cairo Metro, Egypt, Meetphool, Noon Creative Enterprise, Sexual Harassment, Theater No Comments »
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Egyptian Project mixes electro beats, trip-hop and traditional Egyptian music creating a unique sound in live concerts — Published in Ahram Online. —– Egyptian Project brings together French and Egyptian musicians to experiment mixing electronic beats and trip-hop sounds with traditional folkloric instruments.Egyptian Project is set to take their show to the French Culture Institute [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Egypt, Electro, Folk, France, Music, The Egyptian Project No Comments »
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Volunteers from over 11 countries took to Alexandrian streets to discover, refurbish and delve into the spaces of artistic expression — Published in Ahram Online. —– Small groups of people from all over the world were spotted around downtown Alexandria in January. Sometimes they were covered with dust from head to toe, causing people on [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Alexandria, CISV, Culture, Egypt, Exhibition, Experiential Learning, Film, Gudran, Music, Spaces of Expression, Theater, Travel No Comments »
April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Ahram Online talks to the heirs of Behna Films about the company’s illustrious history during the heyday of Egyptian cinema from the 1930s until the 1950s — Published in Ahram Online. Behna Films Selections Company was one of the biggest players on the film Egyptian scene from the 1930s until the 1950s. It produced the [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Alexandria, Behan Films, CISV, Culture, Egypt, Film, Gudran, Spaces of Expression No Comments »
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 [...]
October 10th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Artist’s family finds home after 40-year absence ransacked and occupied by thugs who have dug up foundations looking for artefacts, ignoring value of paintings belonging to Egypt’s father of impressionism. Original article published in Ahram Online. Piles of rubble with priceless works of art scattered around, a two-storey house empty of its antique furniture and [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Art Heritage, Egypt, Heritage, History, Impressionalism, Stolen Art, Youssef Kamel No Comments »
Photo Gallery: The untouched beaches of Egypt’s south 
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D-CAF Reflections: Worthy event deserves better marketing 
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Funding for Egyptian cultural projects: Q&A with EU official