Mai Elwakil

As they walked out from “I’m Nobody’s Shadow” onto the streets of the ancient city of Tunis, audiences couldn’t help…

On one end of the concrete wall blocking Qasr al-Aini Street stands a small grocery store with a red façade.…

Last June, a famous olive oil soap “fossil” from the brand Nabolsy Shahin was exhibited in a vitrine at the…

The Finance Ministry's recent proposal to rent out the country’s key monuments, including the pyramids in Giza, to fund the…

Almost every reader on the planet is familiar in some way with the epic “1,001 Nights.” We know of Sultan…

I barely knew Ahmed Basiony in person. I only got to meet him casually at exhibition openings around downtown or…

Sadly, Sama Waly’s video installation in Photo Cairo 5 was removed before the show came to an end due to…

Childish fear was the emotion that artist Noura Seif sought to evoke with “Boody,” a collection of drawings and sculptures…

For most of us living in Cairo, it’s often difficult to imagine what our neighborhoods might have looked like in…

“He swore it all took place under a giant glass dome,” reads a sentence printed in silver below a photograph…

Even for those who have never set foot in downtown Cairo, it seems familiar, especially after images of Tahrir Square…

TUNIS — Tunisian artistic duo Selma and Sofiane Ouissi, both choreographers and performers, used to encounter the same audience at…

The official motto of the Munich Olympic Games in 1972 was "Die Heiteren Spiele," or The Happy Games. The Federal…

"Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim Batout's latest film, will have its exclusive world premiere in this year's Venice International Film Festival.…

In the mountainous Lebanese village of Qurnet al-Hamra is a musicians’ haven: a state-of-the-art studio specialized in digitizing, researching and…

Community sporting clubs are a deeply entrenched pillar of the city of Cairo. Sporting, hunting, yacht and soccer-based clubs are…

Many people excitedly followed the clownfish air swimmers' ads when they first came out a few years back. Few expected…

Over the past month, a hazy green light has emanated from a window of the Contemporary Image Collective, overlooking downtown’s…

Remember the world map hanging on your classroom wall? You must have gathered around it with friends, trying to locate…

As we approach the first anniversary of the 25 January revolution, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)…