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Alaa Abdel Aziz, Egypt’s new culture minister, speaks during an interview in Cairo, June 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
Reuters, Cairo—Gangs of New York seems a fitting favorite movie for Egypt’s new culture minister, a film studies professor who styles himself an outsider fighting to break the hold of a privileged elite over spending on the arts. Artists enraged that he fired...
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Musicians perform at this year’s Cairo International Jazz Festival (Ramy Samir/Cairo Jazz Festival)
by Ati Metwaly | May 26, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s January 2011 Revolution has reshaped the political, social and ideological landscape of the country. It has also infused the artistic scene framework with new ideas and energy, and as a by-product has shaken up the relationship between a...
