“A Feminine Edition”: Women’s Voices Prevail At 2017 Cairo Contemporary Theatre Festival
Ten out of 20 plays at this year’s Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental...
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Egypt
Arab Arts Focus At Edinburgh Festival Shines Despite Visa Rejections By UK
Organized by Cairo’s D-CAF festival, Arab Arts Focus ran for a month, garnering positive...
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A Step Forward: A Look Into The 2017 Cairo Intl. Festival For Contemporary And Experimental Theatre
The Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre (CIFCET) has just...
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In Memoriam: Adel Hakim
Adel Hakim was a French-Egyptian actor, playwright, pedagogue, and director. He was well-known for...
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Egypt’s National Theatre Festival Marked Adaptations, Mystical Works, And An Enthusiastic Youth Presence
With this year’s Egypt National Theatre Festival drawing to a close, a closer look at the...
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Hazem Shebl Appointed Vice President Of Prestigious International Theatre Organization
The International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT) has...
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Being ‘Inappropriate’ The Unspoken Battle of Self-Censorship
I. So when a man pinches my ass or grabs my boob or another tries to rub his dick against my thigh...
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Egypt Ministry of Culture Signs Agreement with DMC Channel to Film Plays
The Artistic Theatre House has announced that Ahmed Taha, director of the new DMC Masrah (DMC...
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Queer Chronopolitics: Forests, Freaks and Performativity
The term ‘freak’ thus refers not only to bodies, but also to denormalizing social...
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“Untangled”: Gender-focused Comedy Brings Realities of Egyptian Youth to Stage
The play Untangled (Hal El-Dafayer) was staged at Cairo’s Hosapeer Theatre last week, where...
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Theatre Adaptation of “The Forty Rules of Love” Opens at Cairo’s Salam Theatre
The highly anticipated Arabic stage adaptation of Elif Shafak’s bestselling novel The Forty Rules...
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Staging the Transition in North Africa: Theatre as a Tool of Empowerment
In the two years since the beginning of the ‘Arab Spring,’ North African theatre...
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Obituary: Nehad Selaiha, Renowned Theatre Scholar And Activist Dies
On January 6th, the Egyptian culture scene lost one its highest pillars, Nehad Selaiha, a woman...
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“Sah El-Nom” Monodrama At Cairo’s Osiris
The monodrama Sah El-Nom, directed and performed by Egyptian artist Doaa Hamza, was performed at...
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“Ordinary People”: One-Woman Play Explores Memory and Loss, Death and Disappearance
The play was written, directed, and performed by Egyptian stage actress Zainab Magdy was performed...
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BuSSy Project to Stage “Forced” Based on Personal Testimonies of Sexual Violence
The performance is a result of collaboration between BuSSy Project and Nazra for Feminist Studies....
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Egyptian Play “Paranoia” Participates in 23rd Jordan Theatre Festival
The 23rd Jordan Theatre Festival opens today in Amman, featuring 20 plays from nine Arab...
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“An Enemy of the People”: The Egyptian Experience
It was September 2012 that I had decided to stage An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen. A play...
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“Ya Sem”: An Egyptian Feminist Performance Closes The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre opened Tuesday,...
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The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre kicked off on 20...
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