Wamda has been putting on weekly performances of shadow puppets and Egyptian aragouz puppets for over a decade, enthralling a new generation
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‘Flowers,’ written and performed by Ahmed Shoukry, is the voice of the marginalised majority trapped by their own silence in the face of ugliness
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Ahram Online got a preview of El-Warsha’s troupe's latest project, Youm El-Qeiama (Doomsday), at the troupe's premises in downtown Cairo
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The festival featured the handicrafts that make the town a local treasure and a sponsor with a high sense of social responsibility
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With the sixth annual Tunis village festival for pottery and handicrafts due to begin on Thursday, Ahram Online remembers its late founder and his vision
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The renowned artist Intesar Abdel-Fattah talks to Ahram Online about artistic initiatives to preserve Egyptian culture
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Last week, Egypt's Cultural Development Fund partnered with the Chinese Embassy on a four-day event to honour the two countries' artistic traditions
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Just when you think you know your city well enough, Cairo surprises you with routes unknown and all the mythic stories left behind.
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The Van Leo, photography icon of Egypt's forties is part of an exhibition at the Cairo Opera House
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Following relaunch of cultural activities at The Egyptian Society for Folk Traditions, Ahram Online interviewed Nawal El-Mesiri on the essence of folk heritage and its sustainability
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The hajj rituals have always fascinated orientalists, but few of them have gotten close enough to taste the real spiritual experience
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Al-Beiout Asrar, houses have their own secrets, goes the Egyptian proverb, and one in particular has many tales to tell
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Summer is not official until we hang out by the sea
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Dessert queues are far from over
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Al-Leila Al-Kebira, or The Grand Night, has a 'grand' impact after more than 55 years since its first broadcast as a radio show
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This year Ramadan decorations are all 100 percent Egyptian and all handmade, at least in Souq Al-Fustat
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