Maha ElNabawi

This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you…

ALEXANDRIA — Lurking in the shadows of the many shoddy post-revolution films on Egypt lies a story not many people…

ALEXANDRIA — Misr Station in downtown Alexandria is not much to look at by the standards of the fading, crumbling…

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Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch…

It is a few days before the launch of the second annual Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, or D-CAF, and Catalonian…

  It only makes sense that Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil is this year’s “Guest of Honor” at the fifth Cairo…

For the better part of two years, Egypt’s cultural sector has received repeated blows with the cancellation or interruption of…

In an attempt to better understand the role of theater within the ongoing 25 January revolution, local playwright and theater…

Imagine walking, though this is not your average leisurely stroll. You cannot walk in a straight line. You brush or…

For Ahmed Mehessen, aka “Teknyk,” his newly founded record label, Subspace, is “a world within a world.” “That is what…

“Can’t you hear the rhythm?” asks local musician and curator, Yara Mekawei with her ears perked toward the street below…

It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to…

As the number of active Internet users continues to rise in the Middle East and North Africa, social networking and…

“Our folkloric instruments are dying,” says 61-year old, Egyptian musician Salama Metwally as he tunes his favorite rababa. He is…

“My southerners, my southerners,” sang Egyptian musician Dina El Wedidi during the closing set of The Nile Project's concert in…

For many people in Egypt, art is considered a luxury — a hobby for rich folk rather than an advisable…

Although 29-year-old Khaled “Kay” Nassef only began his professional music career a few short years ago and, to date, has…

Mohamed Reda, a professional driver by day and musician by night, can distinctly remember the first time he came across…

There is something to be said for the solace and inspiration found within Egypt’s evolving musical landscape over the past…