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Hadeer Mansour and the books bike on a Cairo street (source: Facebook)

Cairo′s mobile library

Bringing books to the people

A cargo of books and a smart tricycle fitted with bookshelves: with these simple means, Hadeer Mansour und Mohammad launched their project – a small mobile library that travels through the neighbourhoods of the Egyptian capital Cairo. By Islam AnwarMore

Education in Indonesia: Boatloads of booksRemembering Naguib Mahfouz:″A wave of light on an infinite ocean of darkness″ Interview with the Egyptian author Youssef Rakha: "Taken together, these things would make up home..."
Self-portrait by the Egyptian artist Heba Khalifa (photo: arabdocphotography.org)

Egyptian photographer Heba Khalifa in interview

"A space for confronting our fears"

Heba Khalifa is an Egyptian photographer and fine artist. Her current project "Homemade" is supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Magnum Foundation. Islam Anwar interviewed the artist in CairoMore

Photography Biennale of the Contemporary Arab World: A feast for the eyesAzza Soliman, an Egyptian feminist at risk: "What has Azza done?"Mona Eltahawy: "Why do you hate us so?": The Middle East needs a sexual revolution
Discussion following a film screening in Cairo′s Jesuit Cinema Club (source: Jesuit Cinema Club)

″Cinema Clubs″ in Egypt

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Rediscovering the silver screen

Since the revolution of 25 January 2011, Egypt has seen a resurgence of its cinema clubs: places where fans of the "seventh art" (Alain/Schelling) meet, mostly in cultural centres, to watch films together and discuss them afterwards. Islam Anwar reports from CairoMore

Egyptian Cinema: Enormous creative energyDina Hamza′s documentary film "Gaye El Zaman": A daughter's tributeAhmad Abdalla′s film ″Decor″: Let the audience decide what′s real

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