PHISPHORIKA by thawret ellooool

Phisphorika Text & Concept: Mariam Elias

Design & layout :Mohamed Allam Design,Layout & Artwork: Ramy Abdo : Mohamed Allam

Ramez Farag : Nikki Columbus, Dalia Abd El Aziz : Amy Arif, Alia Abo Ouf,Dia Helmy,George Fekry, Khaled Hafez, kareem Osman,Hani Rashed,May Hany, May Hawas,Mohamed Khalef, Sherif Fouda, Ramez Farag, Ramy Hanna, and Yamen El Gamel. Publisher: Medrar for Contemporary Art Printed in: Cairo, Egypt

Medrar for Contemporary Art, the author, the designers and translator.

permission of the publisher.

History of The Pick:

The Pick 4 Artists:

by The Townhouse Gallery to promote and

self, The Pick 2 was curated by Hala El Koussy who used the medium of photography to making.

curated by Shady El Noshokaty and Brain Curling. The two academic professors were asked to choose selected works by art students and recent graduates to highlight

at Helwan University and The American University in Cairo.

Aliaa Abo Ouf Amr Ali Ahmed El Azma Ahmed Fathy (Wensh) Abdallah Sabry Aya Tarek Asmaa and Hind El kolaly Dalia Abdel Aziz Dalia El Mahdy Esraa El Feky Mai Hamdy Mohamed Alaa Mohamed Keshk Norhan Mohamed Ramy Abdo Sara Hamdy Walaa El Sayed Wessam Quresh

CONTENTS

PREFACE An Overview: The Pick Of A Generation The Ingredients Of Generation When Stories Have No Narrator

Chronology

PREFACE story. This is not a biography. This is not a suddenly revealed memoir. This is not a self help book. This is not an art history book. This is not an

This is not a NewYork Time’s best selling book. This

teens to teens. This is not a manual. This is not an

not a ‘how to be’ or ‘how to do’ series. This is not a new movement. This is not a manifesto with a naïve However, this book is like a chat room, a discussion board or a

and popular culture on their work, how they perceive their role

Since the beginning of the past decade, the arts and culture in Egypt

By using such a coincidence, the book starts by looking at the idea of

similar or a certain visual language in the arts.

common places of interest, repeated themes and tendencies within

past. Also, the chronology at the end of the book aims to draw a picture of Egypt and the context that we grew within. By showing acts as a reminder and leaves the reader to interpret conclusions.

An Overview: The Pick of A Generation

common social behaviors. Generally speaking, each society has a tendency to sort itself according to certain demographics, social

tricky word that holds a lot of factual ideas within it. This word that you are taking for granted can easily spice up your talk or text giving it simultaneous meanings. Usually, if it

gap, this is usually because you are either too progressed or phones, video games and engines played it well too, as they has become obsolete. Lastly, it is advisable that you start

their suppressed desires. Reading through this, you should have

at the beginning of their career. Most of them assert the same:

are they going to integrate or detach themselves from the

review whatever happened in the past decade and reassess change. Since a lot has happened lately in the context of arts

of this decade and was the outgrowth of a group of youth all

. (2)

climates with a desire to be part of the global change

manifested. Several experiments show that there are some enthusiasts who want to break free of the yoke burdens. Also, diversity of mediums seemed to be a common

were moving impeccably across mediums, forms and

private amusements. Walking through the show, one encounters an

never declared dead(3). What these young

For example,

draws, but his

everything. His organic and geometric shapes but at the end he describes his work and its

Ramy Abdo,

pieces are doodles and scribbles or a thought-out artwork, since drawing for Abdo has become an uncontrollable obsession and an

Moreover, to draw your state of mind might not be easy and can

thinking of. This ends up with closed mazes that take the form

thinking. His room and studio are , a graduate from Faculty between the line, the form, the surface space and the movement of organic or geometric shapes in

not surprising that the result

drawing a way of expressing her the message was not my concern as nature of drawing. For him, lines, dots and spaces are the product of

explained.

Norhan Ahmed

Besides, Ahmed and Abdo, are using drawing as their tool drawing comes with a new

rather than a mere nice portrait. For others, this urge to draw comes out of a thirst

than being burdened with a cause or an ideological concept.

immediate nature of drawing,

graphic line and personal voice. an artwork without the need

if exhibited it was considered as a complementary to another

the longing to break away from some stagnant old molds that

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As abstract as it can be, drawing is also

commercial genre or an amusement for children or teenagers, but it is also a form of explained

who graduated

comic art can be twisted in various ways, my comic art work as an example, is also inspired few days before the opening, Sabry took his pencil and paint to start drawing his mural. His spontaneous act turned out to be a graphically

Abdallah Sabry,

sold in libraries or street pavements such as Mickey, Samir, Maged, Superman, Tin-Tin, Khames), The Thirteen Devils (Al Shyateen

series of Ragol Al Mostaheel (Adham Sabry). that visualized all his dreams about heroes bedroom and bathroom are full of comic

dimensional characters were transformed to three-dimensional characters with vivid

with this world, it is even more inspiring to feeds all the data in front of you, without

French Tin-Tin, the Japanese Manga and

chose to paint her story on canvas, rather than the pulp paper. Despite her vision for her work and has limitless dreams for it. While studying for her BA in Fine Arts at Alexandria University, she is also working as a graphic designer, typographer, illustrator but it is also daring and blunt. She aims to break taboos that

comic noir, Tarek used an extract from an imaginary storyline

be accessible to audiences outside the art world at the

Now, with the interplay of genres and forms of art, comics kiosks and street pavements, but an artwork that can exist

its publisher was arrested and both the author and the

Aya Tarek

the most predominate aspect of taste. Actually, Egypt is a of the tourist industry, monuments parody, historical and

mishmash banal picturesque images which he paints on are stored in my memory from previous experiences and

streets outside the gallery with various sizes of enormous

T-shirts.

Wensh,

spaces into a visual bewilderment. Refusing to conform to the rules of the art bureaucracy, Wensh and his friend took, street art as a venue to tackle social and everyday customs, pop

Wensh,

A couple of years ago, there were also some gestures of street What is really paradoxical is how the government had painted

workshop was painted on canvas and hanged temporarily on the fence of the museum.

or service, declare a certain possession of a land, promote

bolder and gain more courage to demonstrate, strike, protest .

concerned with public awareness and wish not to be exclusive

Wensh,

Aside from their public art, Ali and Wensh play with various other pieces on paper, wood, canvas or

and paint on canvas. His ninesquared pieces of mixed media th Youth Salon was one of the most talked portraits for his friends, himself or the popular YouTube love star

the persona of the presented character, by having a psychiatrist a bakery, fashion magazines or the

Amr Ali,

collage won many admirers. There is something of an anomaly about shocking for the viewer, probably because of how he challenges to

work looks like the outcome of someone having fun in his spare-

why a lot of people can easily relate to it. Amr Ali,

nostalgic for a dream, as Cairo that we have experienced has

anthropological lens, Al Aziz conforms with the haphazardness slum areas, Al Aziz imitates the random design and coloring of the buildings and confuses hers with the original. She

Decisive playfulness and spontaneity have always marked

in the courtyard of the campus. She then created a teasing, displaying it in a proper white cube gallery.

(6)

. Thus,

collectors have not passed such a phase yet. Several might others would have a debate about its originality and many

Dalia Abd Al Aziz,

Touching upon feminist issues has always been a fraught area that accompanies a baggage of taboos, especially when tackling the issue of the body. Although the body as a theme has been a widely discussed issue, chose to

her concern, using fashion as a close passion to women to express her ideas.

social problems. The issue of harassment, for example, is a

the reasons behind it, while our parents had much more

body has turned to a commodity.

Dalia Al Mahdy,

The case of El Mahdy whether women shall speak and reintroduces the idea of whether feminist art hand, Aya Tarek chose to expose the idea of the in her street art, making

Yet, Wessam Quresh of issues in art might lead to

Aya Tarek,

Asmaa and Hind El Koley, on the other hand,

especially from Arab women who are expected

want to say that we like it and we conform with it, without being categorized into the clichéd views that are always associated with

One of the best achievements of the latest independent workshops is introducing equipments that are not accessible to them in their curriculum. and are great examples of this, where they developed an interest in sound art and

and text. Hamdy is a poet who is interested in new forms of Arabic poetry. She created a blog her B.A in Fine Arts from Helwan University. for arts and culture and is currently doing

as a mere mechanical phenomenon of wave transmission, but as a sensory and sensible voice to experiment with the act of listening to

Sara Hamdi,

All through the past decade, there has always been a tendency to veer toward

banknote contains subliminal messages of power, autocracy, ancient history and religion. And by incising and combing these, she aimed to discover other areas

Alia Abou Ouf,

of rituals and beliefs that are rooted in our place and moment in our day to day life. She is concerned with paradigms of thought and society. th

Youth Salon, Hamdy created an

Shady El Noshkaty because of my interest in obstacles or hinders and in our country there is like a safety belt on everything especially on

costume that is inspired from the Magzoub

medium between God and people, like so many

Hamdy. Besides, Hamdy likes to experiment and hates

a photomontage of a room in a hospital.

Hamdy were able to genuinely put forward their ideas and tackle issues of everyday reality.

Mai Hamdy,

reasons for this constant use of video as a images and short clips are by now the most

Al Alam Yoghany (The World Sings), Panorama Ferenseya (French Panorama) and Ekhtarna Lak (We Have Chosen For You).

moving images became at its peak. Not only on the individual level, but currently most cafes, restaurants, clubs and even dental clinics have a

have also played a palpable role in making us accustomed to any form of pictorial culture and not to choose video as a medium for expression,

rowdy and gaudy pictorial language to shock the viewer or following certain clichés that is regularly consumed by mainstream media.

was because of the technological advancement programs, storage media and their availability available versions. Note also that some pioneer started to give lectures and organize workshops,

Tackling on prevailing issues, they toured around locally and

Fridge where she split the screen into two iconic images. One inside his nose, while in the other the Star of David was being

art can easily be a commercial genre or a way to market

that their work is more about personal apprehensions that

Hend El Kolaly presented live video camera to intervene in the inner workings of the television, displaying the movement of electron beams and analog signals that are inside the screen. Further along, came their video The Princess which was

showing the slaughtering of a cow

Like both El Kolaly sisters,

has also alluded to

sound or music, adding vibrancy and daze to the image. Equally savage, the sole protagonist is an adolescent chubby boy who wickedly takes a black paint and sprays it over cars, billboards, heroic and gallant. As he anxiously runs so as not to be caught recorded all his acts.

introduced to video art, it became my favorite. As it has the ability

, created his

curious to know the inside of things and the mechanism of the unseen bodies. Even if it is agonizing, it is the reality at Keshk chooses to perform himself in order to live the state or

Similarly, Tabya by is composed of two circular split screens for two images, zoomed the sound was sharp and aching at the beginning,

Art Gallery at the American University in Cairo,

watching the television. On the other side, the television

hysterical train of mental imagery and kept the sound

accompanying sound should be very minimal or non-existent viewer to listen to a sound of his own.

Ahmed Al Azma,

Graph is staged inside the bathroom. Taking the line of a story but without a proper plot, the two characters of the story are trapped in loneliness as they isolate themselves inside a private space of their own.

Wessam Quresh,

is the sole protagonist of his own Under-siege, a black-and-white technologies and ongoing research his mental state that is also his studio.

Arts College, photography workshops a lot would like to express their between all of these.

another. And with the availability of accessible mediums, tools or even

an artwork which resonates his state of mind using a strong and a bizarre miseen scene. He thus became the performer and the image of the video that is rendered with an intersected resonated sound and a black and white replicated footage to create an inner self-portrait.

will appear. But to what extent will specks would run its course into a new pictorial language and have an

Under-siege has a low-key black and of pictures where Alaa is both the performer and the image.

Mohamed Alaa,

THE INGREDIENTS OF A GENERATION

. All that created a certain allure

or electronic appliances. For that, everything back then was contagious and had the hail on us each year and gain a hegemonic supremacy. For example,

dominance and promptly became part of the urban landscape of (2)

complete set at his house where the rest of his friends would gather

the most popular. Later several entertainment parks, cafés and clubs

Yet, nothing was as compelling as the pre-eminence of the two main

and even our bedroom walls and clothes. However, all these emblems

this was the case of our age: a suppressed childhood with limited

through paradoxical phases of belief like we did.

childhood, people who worked in the media were really concerned

Mazenger. Others believed that there should be a local program that

the opposite sex without fear, shyness or supervision and even show

At high school, several boys found a good way to spend their spare

privilege became the pursuit of every one. Later, while entering

Amr Diab was not only a pop star, but a fashion icon that is followed by several. His Ray Ban eyeglasses on the album

became alluring for many commercial pop singers and several

was at its peak. American pop icons became localized and had

balcony or basically any district in Egypt. The photo of the Afro- American singer was printed on T-shirts, lighters, (3)

. His

Mohamed Jackson or Ali Jackson. Boyzone, Ace of Base, Backstreet-Boys,U2,Spice-Girls (with Spears, Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston, Aerosmith, Metallica, Tom Cruise (with his eternal love partner back then: Nichole Kidman), Jim Carrey and Leonardo Di Caprio had their

to forget the obsessive mania with the American soap-opera

organs

entertainment shows and products. This could be interpreted as a palpable mood of nostalgia and mull

is formed when certain group of people witnesses the same events. However, each person has his own storage that has been shaped within

(popular) music and that shaped me in a certain way. On the other

which added a lot to my vision and

our way of thinking. To cut it short it was the television! The television made several things common between us then later each of us developed a personal interest. There are certain things that are stored in our memory from childhood such as Captain Maged, Egypt and Mama Samia with the robot

memories from simple things like a we all used to watch in our childhood. When we listen to it now we all feel the same feeling, as it make us feel we are

if our works might not have gained the acceptance

us have actually succeeded in reaching a large number

introduced to them through their works, discussions,

also easier for us to teach ourselves because of the through the internet or other sources. This has created

that will structure things for the coming days. We are

What has been screened on the television has been viewed by all of us. We share the same culture and were

computer technologies have made things easier, it has actually

and know their way of thinking, so as to develop mine later. collaborate with each other to complete the scene. Generally,

Now, we have a lot of workshops, more places to exhibit, as

did back then was hard, but they had created a route to us and

this way of thinking makes things more complicated and

brought up in the Gulf or abroad and came to Egypt at an older

security. As for the other group, they are usually less self centered,

have the same spirit and we even have the same social habits. This to appear and know more about each other. And because we are

received the whole shock, but now people are more open minded

mainly AUC graduates. The scene back then was much closed on

believe that a group does not necessarily have to have the same

work. For example, my duet with my sister Hind has been successful

that we can sell and distribute, but it did not succeed because of

she wants exactly. Most of us work sporadically, if an idea comes to

work on it immediately. (Yesterday would be

This is probably because we see the same things and have developed similar interests.

that the way we were brought up makes that even if we are exposed to the same

become trapped in a certain style and form

around us is changing too quickly, then art

commodity art piece and a precedent to conceptual art that later busted out in

departure.

about the issue are quite scarce and are usually presented in the form of personal vitas, dated cataloguing or through an anthropologic view of the context at large.

audience.

a hot-list for the good, the bad and the ugly, but an inquiry about the importance

resources and a lack of dates for most of the works collected by museums or private

(2)

. This might be normal

scratch. Unlike, for example, Europe that has reached a stagnant stage. On the other hand, it makes us lost, as one can experiment

European schools and movements that have shaped the basis for classic art and the only respectable form of it. Then, whatever

into periods with references to some pivotal points, especially

there is a haze around modern and contemporary art history in

following and whether my work is similar to a

Even the MFA thesis and researches at the

are done casually and without enough analysis

sources about whatever happened lately in the

This happens usually in any form of art, each connected to a certain school or era that he or she relates to and his work at the beginning it, deconstruct or reconstruct its elements. All that at the end, helps in the progress of art

paint without understanding or knowing about art history. Art

helped me to understand art in more depth and made me

art history is also a factor for this lack of public awareness and

giving space to anything new. This is a wrong way of making art

lack of awareness about the contemporary arts. Not only for university art professors or art students that are unaware to the extent that they know nothing about video or performance art and would even refuse it. Even the college curriculum is not

lives . Enormous billboards shape the urban landscape of the city, television occupy a

period for the spectacle that most of the country would encounter. Add to the list, iconography, and available stock of kitschy computer graphics, exposure to western

was the oldest in the Arab world(2) (3)

. Besides, the audiovisual industry is also imposed, not only by the government but also by an agreement

Unlike cinema, modern art and its paradigm have always been considered an (4) . On the other hand, many . While describe a good form of art.

On one hand, popular culture and the entertainment business might create a

hold a certain charge that is based on an uncalculated experience or tension. reinterpret, reproduce, re-exhibit and circulate works that are already available on the cultural market(6).

billboards and how it is exhibited shape our visual memory and taste. The problem is that it is insanely clustered around and dominated by the commercial products taste have grown up on wrong principles. Unfortunately, visual arts might not have the ability to reach everyone like cinema and mainstream media, though its content

has gripped the whole region and many started to imitate their lifestyle, taste and even travel to their house and use it for weddings and events. Mass media in our

everyone and are widespread in several places. For example, cinema might not be

art also will be part of our culture if it could become an item of possession. On the

Personal expression should be encouraged and a radical change

between independent and state venues or move to the streets and

on another. Yet, it is not necessary that all the public knows and my opinion, people who are inside the circle are not ready to open

are obsessed with media and television, anything you draw about viewer would allow you to do whatever you want, least you respect

crowded and visually clustered and there are already many people

viewers. What is important for me is to express myself, unleash my

and their income at the end of the month. This in return hinders

made most of the people really lost and very few cares about the quality of their lives. This openness has surprisingly made some

about expressing our opinions or having a point of view and the

drinking party. On the other hand, there are zillions of channels that

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TO PLAY THE ROLE OF AN ART STUDENT AND ACT AS AN ARTIST

Usually in several schools, the drawing class would be the last class in the day and

the Helwan University Luxor and Minya launched their programs too(2). Note also that the curriculum of these governmental schools were stagnant and had never been changed since its

Later on, The American University started its program in visual arts to be one of the (3)

strong courses in art history and philosophy of art, yet the numbers of credit hours based in the downtown campus back then, was also an important hub as it featured

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Recently, The German University in Cairo was established and opened a program

areas.

Besides, making everything accessible, the internet was also a good way to get connected to a network or subscribe to a website/periodical and be updated. News

scoop from their homes.

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might help to broaden your knowledge but it makes you lose focus and not

degree in Fine Arts did not present me with the tools required for my

from drawing and art history classes. Mainly the styles and progressions

lot to the revival of the scene, although there should be more of them in the

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systems in Egypt (Fine Art College, Applied Arts,

we had the chance to learn about everything more developed and updated, so that when we

the following year and had to study its courses limited and you have to follow what the tutor is saying. Most students are concerned with their They are always afraid to try new things and want

was the school or the university, most educators

workshops and knew about video art and other about art were very new to us and totally our college. We were lucky to be preceded with

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interest and knowledge about art among the public in general, in

his / her opinion or style are the absolute right. Any trial from us

of workshops and how it introduced art students to digital and new

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as his / her opinion or style are the absolute right. Any trial from us is looked

any knowledge about Fine Arts. Five years is also a short period for a student department gave me the space and freedom of expression and eventually it of workshops and how it introduced art students to digital and new media.

in their sketchbook, like drawing the pyramids, the sphinx or Cairo tower. Some good teachers would open the book and let the students memorize

art, they should be art educators who know how to deal with children and

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Hala Abu Shady

ON THE INSITUTIONAL PLAY

To exhibit is a central aspect for art and art making. Actually, some artworks do not

only done by curators and gallery owners, but by the audience as well. And in a way

. Note also that funds and spaces were usually reserved for older establishment of the Fine Arts College in Cairo has created a private art market of

(2)

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movement in Egypt(3)

controlling, leading to a division between the state and the independent-art-world. the independent sector have taken place, the monopoly or duopoly within the art exhibit space.

artworks (ex: e-bay, artnet.com) or even possessing a personal website that can be

walkways or kiosks to a gallery space.

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need to edit your work or provide an explanatory text. As for me, how to reach there. Several galleries deal only with well-known reach them. A lot would evaluate you upon your age and not on the Fine Arts College or any state college. We are not second degree become more familiar with the contemporary language. Besides, are looking for contemporary forms without providing enough workshops to teach or educate us more about the contemporary

its own rules. For example, we faced some hinders while doing

working on our street art works, everyone gets curious and wants to understand what the art piece symbolizes. Several policemen would interfere but then they become very surprised when they know that

the commercial, the state run and the independent. My experience with the Ministry of Culture was really unsuccessful, they treated

concerned with how to shock people and by that the issue becomes

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exhibited was through workshops or in an academic context. Also,

commented on my work and there is freedom to exhibit what you want

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searching for sponsors and funds that if found, they would be given for

any guidance about where and how to get money and what kind of

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no existence for contemporary arts in any of the governorates or the suburbs.

here. The case is similar in Sinai, Nubian and rural areas, as they all lack proper of art made it alienated. Even in Cairo most galleries are located in downtown

is their obsessive need to control, manipulate and get the credit alone. There

understanding group work is a science that should be learned and followed. Not

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Chronology

1980:

1981: Hosni Mubarak became the new president. witnessed any president or experienced the govern of any ruler expect the current one. 1983: The opening of Al Salam Shopping Centre to for decency and dignity with elegant and good

1988: The Cairo Opera House was re-inaugurated novelist Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize for literature.The song Law Laki by Ali Hemeda made

which the genre found its way in the region. As song, which is: Law Laki Lola Lola w Eneaky Hola eyes). 1989: reentered the Arab League. Several governmental

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1991:

pieces. Egypt was the third party in the Gulf War and the fall of the process began, following the signing of the Economic Reform

1992: Secular intellectual terrorists and was followed

by a strong earthquake that toppled several buildings to show the weak and corrupted

talked about issue in town. 1993:

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1994: based on the story of the prophet Joseph, was pulled from the movie theatres and was accused

1995: a Hollywood in the Middle East. Three young

1996: The Burn of El Horriya mall in Heliopolis damage of the shopping centre was considered a loss of an icon or a shelter for entertainment

before it was given to the private company started its airing through the Arabsat. But, it statements by Osama Bin Laden. The instant

animal, was spread all over the country and mass media. The animal had roots in Pharonic myths and was said to previously appear in the abandoned Baron place in Heliopolis and the group was arrested. Only then, the government

events.

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1997: Princess Diana and al-Fayed were killed in a car crash in Paris. Another famous love story appeared in the American blockbuster, Titanic. commercial success and won eleven Academy Awards. This success had its echo too in by Celin Dion was spread all over the country especially in the same year of success for

farce comedy, light romance Shababiah) revived. Works at

achievement and became the topic of most school essays and art assignments. The was released with several

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1998:

of Sheikh Al Sharawi, the popular cleric and preacher. 1998-2005: The opening of several independent

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1999: The young Muslim preacher, Amr khaled, started to preach in the

recorded lectures used to be passed

Chemistry. El Nitaq Downtown Arts galleries which were The Townhouse of William Wells, Escape Karim Francis of Karim Francis and Mashrabia Gallery of Stefania Angarano. 2000: Egypt held one of the main specially commissioned music and laser show by the French musician JeanMichel Jarre. Besides the fuss about Y2K bug in the whole world, the name was used to brand several school products, such as the Y2K bag under the slogan

2001: 2002: Bibliotheca Alexandria, as a of Alexandria. The launch of the satellite

campaigns.

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2003:

talents. By showing daily gossips and love stories between the males and females, the show

know why). The young brunet girl was featured wearing a belly dancing suit, walking and dancing in the streets of a western country. The video was

Catherine David curated ‘Contemporary Arab

and how it became a synonym for cultural and

2004:

Stars) in Cairo. The mall was designed to host second largest shopping mall in the Middle-East.

released.

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2005: The Cairo suburb of Helioplis

parades. The launch of the video sharing how to use the site and quickly it became shows, rebroadcast recent ones and

released two volumes of the book, which

2006: Square), in a ten-hour transport to the Giza district. Besides the infamous black and white taxi, a yellow taxi car called ‘Cairo by private companies. Later the government introduced new taxi cars that were painted white only. The Yacoubian Building , an

and electronic music in Egypt.

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2007: house opened with a cause to support music channel launched its Arabic

Suisse. The show aimed to explore

and some considered it a step to

2008: The April 6 Youth Movement was

wear black and stay home on the day division of Cairo was split, so that the Helwan governorate would encompass compounds and rural southern villages. graphic health warning image of a dying man in an oxygen mask. Shabby singer, Abd Al Basset Hamoda‘s album

achieving an unfrequented success

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Several old entertainment shows were reproduced again such as Bogy & Tam-Tam, Samir

channel, presented several episodes

Michael Jackson was dead: Long Live Michael Jackson. 2009: became the most celebrated and shared on You Tube and Facebook. American president, Barack Obama gave his speech at Cairo University in Cairo with a special of The Cairo Ring Road was completed.

culture, Farouk Hosni, lost the UNESCO Mustafa Mahmud, thinker and presenter

2010: revealed how the government sold cheaply several acres in the Toshka land

2011: regime change might happen.

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