May 18th, 2013 
Rowan El Shimi Near Egypt’s Marsa Alam, about 800 kilometres from Cairo, musicians, film lovers, and environmentally engaged individuals came together for three days in ’3al Ganoob Festival’ — Published in Ahram Online. —- Over 400 people from Cairo and Alexandria camped in the scenic beauty of Egypt’s south, about 800 kilometres from the capital, as part of [...]
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Tags: 3al Ganoob Festival, Culture, Deep South, Independent Music, Marsa Alam, Music, Travel 
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May 18th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi Mixing music with storytelling, Egyptian band Like Jelly launch their three-month nationwide tour in Sinai’s El-Arish — Published in Ahram Online. — Egyptian storyteller-musicians Like Jelly start their three-month nationwide tour.The group is made up of young musicians who fuse an acoustic sound with storytelling to comment on Egyptian society and politics and aim to [...]
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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 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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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 [...]
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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 »
March 9th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi The Nile Project in Aswan launches to tackle water scarcity issues by fusing connections between the people of Nile Basin – through music – Originally published in Ahram Online. ———— The Nile Project launches the first of its activities with The Nile Gathering, a long-term project combining music, education and social enterprise to connect the Nile [...]
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March 9th, 2013 Rowan El Shimi The Oufuky Music Festival, organised in Alexandria in June, has released a series of music videos for participating bands, following their experience at the unique event – Originally published in Ahram Online. ————— The Oufuky Music Festival‘s videographers have released the final video for Cairo band Like Jelly, part of a series of music videos [...]
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December 20th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Jordanian-based website ‘i3zif’ provides online music lessons to teach the Middle East’s musicians of the future. Article originally published in Ahram Online. ——————- Brainchild of Jordanian musician Bisher Abu Taleb and video editor Ayham Abu Hammad, www.i3zif.com provides an online platform for learning musical instruments via video lessons. “The project came from our own experience with music,” [...]
October 10th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Alexandria’s El-Cabina Cultural Centre put on a five day music festival, 21-25 June, in celebration of International Music Week, well received by young audiences and taking a new approach to festival hosting. Original article published in Ahram Online. While many waited for the much anticipated presidential election second round results on Sunday 24 June, El-Cabina [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Art, El-Cabina, Film, Gudran, Music, Oufuky festival Alexandria 2 Comments »
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