May 18th, 2013 
Rowan El Shimi Cairo’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 — Published in Ahram Online. —- A large group of volunteers created an “alternative solution” to the closing down of Rawabet Theatre as a [...]
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Tags: Culture, Festival, Hal Badeel, Rawabet Theater, Townhouse 
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May 18th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Four multidisciplinary festivals, and various side culture happenings, are taking place in Cairo simultaneously at a time when the taste of the national political crisis is on everyone’s tongue – Published in Ahram Online. —– Cairo has always had a limited yet vibrant independent culture scene, mostly centered in Downtown and neighbouring areas, but to [...]
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April 12th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) brings theatre performances, music, film, digital visual art and workshops to Cairo between 4 and 28 April — Published in Ahram Online. ——- In its second edition, the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) takes over downtown Cairo during April for a month of events across multiple disciplines.D-CAF this year brings [...]
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December 10th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi This diverse festival that has been taking place annually since 2007, brings together tribes from all around Egypt to celebrate their cultural heritage and offer a space for them to collaborate and get to know one another. The tribes are divided into seven teams according to regions: Farafra, Siwa, North Sinai, South Sinai, Ababda and [...]
Posted in Photography, Photojournalism Tags: Aswan, Characters of Egypt, Egypt, Festival, Travel, Tribes 2 Comments » February 16th, 2011 Rowan El Shimi Through my involvement in Characters of Egypt, which is a non-profit festival aiming to ounite tribes from all over Egypt and provide them with a platform to share their cultural expressions as well as cooperate for their development and promote sustainable tourism in Egypt, I was sent this statement that the Bedouins of Sinai released yesterday. [...]
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