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 – […]
Posts Tagged ‘Theater’
Interactive play on sexual harassment rides Cairo’s metro
April 12th, 2013 
Rowan El Shimi 
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles 
Tags: Cairo, Cairo Metro, Egypt, Meetphool, Noon Creative Enterprise, Sexual Harassment, Theater 
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Discovering ‘Spaces of Expression’ in Alexandria
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, Independent Projects, Spaces of Expression, Theater, Travel No Comments »
Remembering Ismail Yassin, an iconic Egyptian actor
June 27th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi On the fortieth anniversary of comedian and actor Ismail Yassin’s death, Ahram Online assesses his contribution to film, theatre and comedy in Egypt [Originally published in Ahram Online] Thursday is not only a legendary day for Egypt due to the first post-revolutionary presidential elections. It also marks the 40-year anniversary of artist, actor and comedian […]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Comedy, Egyptian Cinema, Ismail Yassin, Monologue, Theater No Comments »
People with different abilities remind society of their rights
May 6th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi You Can’s initiative to support people with different abilities puts on a play that resulted from a two-month workshop on the hardships of people with different abilities face in El Nahda Center for Arts and Sciences [Originally published in Ahram Online] “We are not disabled, we are differently abled,” is the motto of many that […]
Bussy Project tells untold stories of women in D-CAF
May 6th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi The Bussy Project performs deleted scenes from their monologues on women’s issues as part of the absent art component of the visual arts programme of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival [Originally published in Ahram Online] ———————————— From an autocratic government to a parliament dominated by Islamists, the topic of censorship on creative expression — whether […]
