Lions of Cairo Show the World their Many Voices
The Lions of Cairo swooned their audience with their iconic performance at AUC’s Falaki theatre on November 10, taking their listeners on a timeless journey through music.
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The Cultural Currents of the Nile River
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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Tahrir’s 11/11: All Fizzle and No Sizzle
Some 88 per cent of students surveyed by The Caravan said they had no intention of joining protests in Tahrir on 11/11.
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هتافات طلابية تنهي الاجتماع الثاني لمناقشة آثار تعويم الجنيه على مجتمع الجامعة
صرح فرانسيس ريتشاردوني، رئيس الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة، أن القسط الثالث لدفع مصاريف الجامعة سوف يتم تقييمه مقابل السعر الرسمي للدولار قبل قرار تعويم الجنيه المصري والذي كانت قيمته تساوي ٨.٨٨ جنيهاً مصرياً للدولار الأمريكي، وذلك أثناء الاجتماع الثاني الذي عقد اليوم بقاعة باسيلي لمناقشة النتائج المترتبة على الجامعة من قرار التعويم اليوم.
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EGP Flotation: With Tuition Fee Hike Likely, Students Threaten Strike
Protests spread across campus on November 7 after a forum – organized by the Student Union (SU) with the administration to discuss the impact of the floating of the pound on continuing education at AUC – collapsed.
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Market Report: How Long can Egyptians Survive Without their Sweet Tooth?
Egypt’s current economic crisis and shortage of US dollars has not only affected the prices of commodities and services, but the ability to import basic goods as well.
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Is Your Halloween Costume Offensive?
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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VAT is Happening to Our Economy?
The Egyptian government implemented the new Value Added Tax (VAT) law in the first week of September to increase revenues.
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Breaking Out of the Cage: Tarot Cards Steal the Scene
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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Fears of Cold War Resurface in the Battle for Syria
With a rise in tension between the world’s major global powers, there are many who fear a resurgence of the Cold War politics that put the USA and Russia at loggerheads.
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