The latest from The Caravan’s culture desk, covering art, theatre, TV, film & more
As the longest river in the world, the Nile has been the cause of much of the region’s resource-driven conflict over the years, and remains so until today. The Nile Project seeks to end such conflict by blending in cultural approaches to education, empowerment and music.
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Displays of cultural appropriation are clear when it is almost always the dominant culture in a given society that ‘dresses up’ as members of another to make a statement when there is nothing either funny or scary about them.
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“The library possesses such treasures for the students to benefit as much as they can in their researches,” Associate Dean for Rare Books and Special Collections Philip Croom told The Caravan.
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غابت العروض المسرحية عن أذهان المصريين لسنوات عدة وأصبحت السينما هي الاختيار الوحيد لمشاهدة عرض تمثيلي، ولكن في السنوات الأخيرة بدأ المسرح يأخذ حيزاً أكبر ويصارع من أجل عودته.
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With no staged script, predetermined storyboard or practiced rehearsal, a performance at the Falaki Theater downtown broke conventional boundaries on what it means to be a performer.
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Some say India is a magical, mystical country. Others are lured to visit – and often stay for prolonged periods – by India’s rich history, its cultures bursting with life and vitality. An exhibition held at AUC last week tried to capture the beauty of this ancient land.
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We wanted to showcase a snapshot and tell a little story with every monologue,” said Jason Will, Adjunct Faculty at the Department of the Arts, and director of the showcase.
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The event felt like a nostalgic journey into the world of childhood cartoons and comic book characters.
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The play is riddled with Marxist subtext, addressing the power struggle within the rich Egyptian family and their subjugation of the working class.
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“You go from being just a normal teenager at AUC to someone a lot of people can recognize. A lot of people have opinions of you now, which is something I sometimes find strange to deal with.”
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