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Cairo

Jun 1

JR Will Launch His Next Project at the Iconic Pyramids in Giza

The ambitious artist also turned heads recently with his trompe-l’oeil installation at the Eiffel Tower.
By Helen Holmes
Aug 19

Rajia Hassib’s New Novel ‘A Pure Heart’ Unpacks the Simplistic Way We Talk About Terrorism

Frustrated by this simplistic reaction many have to acts of terrorism committed by Muslims, Rajia Hassib set out to show the complex elements that contribute to these tragedies in her new book 'A Pure Heart.'
By Shubi Arun
A picture taken on April 19, 2015 shows an aerial view of the bent pyramid of Dahshur, a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile river, just south of Cairo.
May 12

3,700-Year-Old Egyptian Pyramid Was Probably Built for a Princess

A pyramid discovered in April is now believed to have contained the remains of King Ameny Qemau's daughter.
By Alanna Martinez
TOPSHOT - Egyptian minister of antiquates Khaled el-Anani poses for picture with workers next to the head of a statue at the site of a new discovery by a team of German-Egyptian archeologists in Cairo's Mattarya district on March 9, 2017. Statues of the kings and queens of the nineteenth dynasty (1295 - 1185 BC) were unearthed in the vicinity of the Temple of Ramses II in what was the old Pharonic city.
Mar 10

Why Experts Are Buzzing Over the Discovery of This 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Statue

By Alanna Martinez
Abbas Akhavan Study for a Monument (2013-2015.)
Apr 28

Sand Storms and Couscous Castles

By David D'Arcy
A self-portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Apr 7

Artist Sues Mapplethorpe Foundation, Museum Director Protests Anti-LGBTQ Law—and More

By Alanna Martinez
King Tutankhamun's golden mask displayed at the Egyptian museum in Cairo.
Mar 18

Scans of King Tut’s Tomb Point to Hidden Rooms, Digital Map of NYC Landmarks—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Tina Fey plays Kim Baker in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Mar 5

Magnificent Seven: Films to See This Spring

By Stephen Garrett
The New York Dolls in their dressing room at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7th December 1973. L-R Arthur Kane (back left against wall), David Johansen (centre, raising middle finger), Johnny Thunders (part obscured behind Johansen), Sylvain Sylvain (leaning against wall in front of Rolling Stones poster), Jerry Nolan (lying back, wearing red t-shirt). (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
Mar 4

A NY Doll Goes From Rags to Riches, and Back to Rags With a Clothing Line

By Peter Gerstenzang
Townhouse Gallery in Cairo. (Photo: Courtesy of thetownhousegallery.com)
Feb 22

Egyptian Gallery Faces Censorship Following Police Raid and Closure

By Casey Quackenbush
A cover by Cindy Sherman for Harper's Bazaar. (Photographer: Cindy Sherman)
Feb 10

Cindy Sherman Snaps NYFW Covers, Detroit Embraces X-Rated Art Show—and More

By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: The abandoned trolley station beneath Dupont Circle that the city hopes will be developed into a public arts and/or entertainments space in Washington, DC on January 21, 2010. The area has been locked up since the mid 90's when it was an underground retail complex for a few months. Local architects and arts groups are working with the city to make the tunnel space viable again. (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images). StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Thu Jan 21 13:24:04 2010
Jan 25

DC’s Secret Tunnels to Become Art Space, Knoedler Trial Begins—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Aug 18

‘The Leftovers’ Recap 1×8: ‘American, Beauty’

By Drew Grant
Sep 5

Kenneth Cole Does That Thing Again Where He Confuses ‘International War Zone’ with ‘Branding Opportunity’

By Drew Grant
Feb 3

Kenneth Cole Bad Reaction! Fashion Brand Tweets Egypt Joke in Very Poor Taste

By Nate Freeman
Nov 28

An Exit Strategy Bush Can’t Ignore

By Joe Conason
Nov 28

An Exit Strategy Bush Can’t Ignore

By Joe Conason
Mar 28

The Competition

By Observer Staff
Dec 3

Discovering The Bombshell Within

By Laren Stover
Sep 13

A Distinguished Misfit’s Partly Palestinian Passage

By Frank Kermode
Feb 1

A Sphinx-Like Judge in Cairo Terror Case

By Matt Fleischer
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