The Arts

Egyptian visual artists, designers and artisans  struggle to transfigure the long weight of the Egyptian past into a contemporary aesthetic.  Writers, Egyptian and Western, grapple with the country's contemporary elements. 

Design
Visual Arts
Artisans
Book Reviews

Design

Amina K. Fashion

Young Egyptian designer fuses Egyptian and international fashion

 

Le Riad Hotel:
Interiors

Pulling a contemporary boutique style from a grand tradition

 

         

 

 

Visual Arts

Egyptian Art:
Backstory

Pharonic Influence
Islamic influence
Folk influence
 

Studio Visit:Razzaz
See his work

 

 

Artisans

Potters' Village

Work in a village with a thousand year old tradition.

 

Book Reviews

  

Cairo:
City of Sand

Maria Golia

Knowledgeable warm and rich in texture.

In the Footsteps of the Prophet.
Tariq Ramadan

Mohammed, A Very Nice Man

Who Speaks for Islam?
John L.Esposito

Reassuring results from Gallup poll of Muslims.

The Dreams. Naguib Mahfouz

Nobel Prize winner's interior writing.

Down the Nile. Rosemary Mahoney

American's encounters with Egyptian boatmen - and the Nile

Muhajababes.
Allegra Stratton

Muslim women (and their music) you don't expect.

Too Rich
...King Farouk
.
William Stadiem

Too shallow to rule.

Nasser:
The Last Arab
Said K. Arburish

Sensitive, intelligence, critical homage.

Inside Egypt.
John R. Bradley

Focus on troubled aspects of contemporary Egyptian society.

 

 

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