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Art as Memory Dominates Egypt’s General Exhibition
The organizers say their choice of more than 350 works is meant to generate a dialogue between different generations of…
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Exhibit Offers a New View of Salah Jahin, Egyptian Poet and Artist
Cairo’s Bayt Al-Suhaymi celebrates the famed Egyptian poet and cartoonist Salah Jahin with an exhibition of 40 previously unpublished works.
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Arab British Centre Expands Its Reach With Online Events
Changes forced on the London-based center by Covid-19 were a challenge, but reaching a wider audience online represents a net…
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Art Book Series Explores What It Is to Be an Arab Artist
Exhibitions at Saudi Arabia’s Misk Art Institute mark the launching of a bilingual book series that seeks to make contemporary…
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Bila Hudood, an Online Arabic Literature Festival, Transcends Borders
The Bila Hudood festival invited people to join online discussions of contemporary Arabic literature in genres such as food writing,…
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Covid Restrictions Prove a Boost for a Small Cairo Book Market
The key to the market’s success is selling via social media, a method that is new to book vendors and…
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London’s Shubbak Festival of Arab Culture Returns, Live and Online
The festival has a lively but Covid-19-wary schedule in London and is opening up to a wider audience online.
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A ‘Love Letter’ of Solidarity: Distance Theater Between Pittsburgh and Beirut
“The Birth of Paper,” a “theater by mail” production, links two cities that share a history of vibrant art and…
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Tunisia’s Hichem Djait Dies, Leaving a Prolific Record on the History of Islam
The Tunisian thinker and writer Hichem Djait spent nearly half a century investigating Islamic history and Arab culture.
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