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Media coverage is essential to publicising an artistic project, obtaining additional funding or gaining credibility. Culture professionals must constantly communicate and keep in touch with...
By Nejma Rondeleux In the aftermath of independence in 1962, Algeria hosted 450 cinemas. Sixty years later, there are less than two dozen left. Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi’s...
by Paul Herincx For some time, electro chaâbi or mahraganat from Cairo has been making the news. It is a more rhythmical version of the original chaâbi , created in the early XX century in...
When we talk about documentaries from the Maghreb and the Middle East (MENA), we often come up with the conclusion that documentary films are struggling to find their place in the Arab...
When Karima Mansour returned home to Cairo in 1998 after several years in Europe studying contemporary dance and choreography, she was keen to bring her art to Egyptian audiences...
It’s something we haven’t seen at the Berlinale for at least 20 years: a Tunisian film, or an Arab film in general, competing for the Golden Bear. It’s something that hasn’t happened since...