Advertisement   45 Article(s) returned. Erin Fleming - Tuning in with the Queen of the Dark By: Reem Gamil July 2010 The enigmatic voice on Cairos live broadcast is that of Erin Fleming, the host of After Dark, the popular evening program on Cairo’s number one hit music station Nile FM. She has been an entertaining buddy for three years now to audience who want unwind and chill in their cars or just relax in the tub listening to her groovy displayed music or her hot topics which provoke lots of thoughts. Erin also works as a Sales Manager for Nile Radio Productions as well as selecting the music lists for all the station’s programs Read more... Chilling with the Fighters! June 2010 We wanted to have a piece of the feminine side of the story like we always do, so we caught up with Amy Maddison the wife of the Australian Fighter Robbie Maddison a.k.a Mado,to know what is it like to get married to a guy with one of the coolest jobs on the planet Read more... Freej - The first 3D animated series in the Middle East By: Reem Gamil May 2010 Throughout the years, it’s been a known fact that cartoons are for children; However, FREEJ came along and broke that stereotype. Proving that you can never lose the kid at heart, Mohammed Saeed Harib created FREEJ, the first 3-D cartoon show in the Middle East less than 10 years ago. Read more... ANTON CALIFANO, THE PASSIONATE FILMMAKER By: Doaa Agrama May 2010 I want to explore why the world works the way it does, and I like to do this with a camera in my hand Read more... Bollywood is in New York May 2010 New York begins in the United States in 2008, with the arrest by the FBI of Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) after guns were found in the trunk of a taxi cab he owned. Omar, a young Muslim man originally from Delhi, is then taken into custody and interrogated by FBI Agent Roshan (Irrfan Khan) (also a Muslim man originally from South Asia who has been living in the United States for twenty years). Read more... Yara El Guindy - Connecting the woman to the voice By: Reem Gamil April 2010 Yara El Guindy is the voice that millions of Egyptians wake up to every morning on Nogoom FM and her groupies make sure to tune in Nile FM when she so stylish. I met with Yara for a chit chat about music, lifestyle and showbiz. Read more... My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist By: Rizvan Khan April 2010 Imagine what happens when a single act from a determined man seeking forgiveness and love lost can do to inspire the hearts and minds of a wounded nation. Read more... Messages from the Sea By: May Abdel Asim March 2010 After an eight year break acclaimed director Dawood Abdel Sayed returned with another milestone in Egyptian cinema. “Rasayel El Bahr” (“Messages from the Sea”) Read more... Samia Assaad - A Rare Gem By: Reem Gamil March 2010 Samia Assad shot to fame this season with her role in Rasayel El Bahr in which she joined forces with Dawood Abdel Sayed, one of the most respected directors in Egyptian cinema. Read more... Dubai International Film Festival Honors Egyptian Movie Legend Faten Hamama with the Lifetime Achievement Award January 2010 Faten Hamama is a living legend. Every decade of her life represents a new era of acting experience meanwhile re-shaping Egyptian cinema. Read more... Egyptian Winners at DIFF - The Muhr Arab Awards January 2010 Rhapsody in Autumn, Asafeer El Nil, Wahed-Sefr Read more... Buried Secrets By: May Abdel Asim November 2009 "Dowaha" or 'Buried Secrets' is the second feature film of young director Raja Amari, who made a name with her award winning debut 'Satin Rouge' in 2002 that was selected for the Berlinale Forum, won Best Film at the Torino Film Festival and Best New Director at the Seattle Film Festival. Read more... Heliopolis By: May Abdel Asim November 2009 'Heliopolis' is the directorial debut of the young film maker Ahmed Abdullah, which premiered at the Middle East International Film Festival, MEIFF, in Abu Dhabi last October. Read more... Not only Scheherazade tells a story… By: May Abdel Asim November 2009 Yousri Nasrallah's "Ehky ya Scheherazade" exposes the maladies of the double standard society of contemporary Egypt that dictates the human relations between men and women. Read more... Behind the scenes with Hassan Mahfouz By: Reem Gamil October 2009 Times have clearly changed, media and TV productions in specific underwent an extreme face lift and adapted to many advanced techniques and technologies, giving a whole new media passionate generation a profession and platform to express creativity. Read more... everyone is talking about..Ashraf Hamdy By: Reem Gamil August 2009 Waking up to watch Ashraf Hamdi on OTV has been like morning coffee for many housewives cuddling in their sofa’s to watch their favorite TV show with its charismatic presenter, but here is the even better news, Ashraf Hamdi’s upcoming plans are jam-packed with acting, scriptwriting and directing Read more... Valentino January 2009 After nearly 40 years of superlative evening dress designing, Valentino Garavani, known simply as Valentino, sold his company in 1998 for $300 million. Read more... Chef Osman Ghaleb promotes: “Cooking is joy, if considered an obligation, don’t do it!” By: Lobna Khairy December 2008 Walking down a very lively street in Zamalek, next to El-Sawy culture wheel, I spotted Ziza Wiza gallery where I was to run this interview with Chef Osman Ghaleb the same location where his infamous cooking classes take place. I went in with the “I hate cooking” attitude and left with a smile on my face and one thought knocking on my brain “Cooking is joy!” and I hope you will too after reading this interview… Read more... Nicole Kidman – Down Under with “Australia” December 2008 Nicole Kidman has returned home to Australia to star in her latest epic romantic adventure film Australia, directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) and co-starring fellow Australian Hugh Jackman - but ironically she doesn’t get to play an Aussie. Read more... Ramy Wahid…An unforeseen talent By: Khoulud Khalil December 2008 From the scenarists role in Maher Awad to the villain Serif Sobhy in Omar w Salam , his first start wasn't from a long time ago but he proved himself and proved that he can play varied roles other than the villain. Read more... Aiten Amin… A director with an eye for humanity By: Lobna Khairy November 2008 Nowadays it’s hard to find someone who would give up participating in an independent film contest so as not to remove 20 seconds out of her very successful, yet shocking 10 minutes movie “Her Man”. Read more... Interviewing Hisham Gabr….The man with the magical Baton By: Lobna Khairy November 2008 Carrying the responsibility of classical music on his shoulders, Hisham Gabr took the world by storm when he founded the “Cairo Ensemble” orchestra in May 2006. Read more... Inside the mind of a young movie maker: Aida El Kashef… By: Farah Saafan November 2008 Aida El Kashef, daughter of the late director, Radwan El Kashef has been my friend for over 10 years now. I must say, I have never met a person so tiny yet so full of life. Read more... Cosmos and Manolos are back! …and so are our girls from SEX AND THE CITY! August 2008 Sex and the City is the 2008 romantic comedy feature-film adaptation of the HBO comedy series of the same name (itself based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell) about four female friends living in New York City. The series often portrayed frank discussions about romance and sexuality. Read more... Lionel Richie is COMING HOME By: Special Thanks to Mirage Records July 2008 His latest album is entitled "Coming Home" and Lionel Richie, one of the most accomplished artists of our time, explains that both the song used as its title and the album itself are of symbolic meaning to him, “It’s my ‘older, wiser’ songs". Anyone who has lived life to any degree knows what I mean. I feel like I’m coming home on many levels, personally and musically. My foundation was in R&B and with this album, I found that many of the musical techniques and approaches I used back in 1974, 1975, 1976 still do work today. I had wonderful collaborations with current writers on this record and you know what? All of them said, ‘you gotta throw in an ‘ow’ or a ‘girl…’, referring to all those old licks I used in the Commodores records! The result is we have a 2006 record that really sounds like an ‘old school’ Lionel Richie album with a ‘new school’ flavor!” Read more... Amr Salama – the new film prodigy By: Doaa Agrama July 2008 From the world of digital short films to the commercial cinema comes the multi-talented Amr Salama (director, scriptwriter and editor). Although he didn't study at the Higher Institute of Cinema and never worked as an assistant director before, he's just finished his first feature film Zay El Naharda (Just like Today). Read more... The woman behind the Seashell: Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume By: Farah Saafan July 2008 It’s not quite often that we meet a woman who owns a management consultancy firm, is a conchologist, a church choir leader, a photographer, and speaks nine languages and a published book writer. Read more... Mohammad Hefzy - the successful combination of Science and Art By: Doaa Agrama July 2008 Engineer, Script writer, Producer and someday soon, Director… Read more... A dig into the unknown world of Caricaturists, meet Dalia William By: Farah Saafan July 2008 We all need a little bit of humor in our lives. When dealing with all the stress life hands us everyday, at the end we just need something to lighten us up a bit. That’s when caricatures come in. They’re mostly simple, light, funny and even sarcastic of everything going on around us. But do we ever really stop to think about that light hearted person behind this drawing? Read more... Return Point By: May Abdel Asim April 2008 It is very hard to write about “Return Point” without spoiling the well plotted storyline. “Return Point” is Hatem Farid’s first feature film which will surely be a starting point for a sky rocketing career. Read more... BRYAN ADAMS – BIOGRAPHY April 2008 With his distinctive vocals and blue-collar song writing skills, Canadian icon Bryan Adams' take on rock 'n' roll basics found a niche that has lasted for over 20 years. Read more... Diaries of a Student in London By: Mai El Kinawi March 2008 Standing up for British Telly… Read more... GHANA – We came. We saw. We conquered. By: Mahmoud Shitewy March 2008 First of all, and to better understand my experience in Ghana, you need to know some facts... Read more... Rania Shaalan – On the Rise March 2008 Rania Shaalan is the lead singer of a band, writes and composes most of her songs. With a unique simplicity she mesmerizes her audiences. Her lyrics are inspired and stem from the infamous Salah Jaheen’s “Rubeyat” and poet Ahmed Fouad Negm... Read more... CAMP - The First Egyptian Horror Film By: Doaa Agrama March 2008 A group of young friends decide to spend their holiday in a deserted resort called "Beach Camp" as an adventure getaway, when mysterious incidents begin to occur... Read more... Fe-mail By: May Abdel Azim March 2008 Amy Mowafi’s Femail - trial and tribulations of a good Egyptian girl - has become my favorite column that I await monthly just to see if she would finally meet the infamous knight in shining armor. Yes, I think she is the Arabic answer to Carrie Bradshaw and yes I laugh out loud while reading it. Amy’s monthly column has worked itself into the lunch breaks, gym lockers and hairdresser’s waiting area giving us all a good laugh, some sincerely meant “ahs” and “ohs” as well as the constant urge to get next month’s Enigma just to find out if “he” called back of if “she” replied to that sms he had sent her the next day. Read more... Makan: A Spotlight on Forgotten Culture By: Noha Darwish February 2008 Nestled between the old buildings of down town Cairo, Makan, also known as “The Egyptian Center for Culture and Art (ECCA)”, lies on the corner of Mansour and Saad Zaghloul Street just opposite of the Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum. Read more... NO SMOKING! NO MEN! These are the rules… By: Dina El-Dessouky February 2008 Ever decided to go to a cafe and found a “GIRLS ONLY” sign on the door? Well… this is exactly what you would find if you go to Spangles Café in Hassanein Heikal Street in Nasr City! Read more... Tribute to Heath Ledger February 2008 Heath Ledger, an actor who combined a movie star's rugged good looks with the subtlety, depth, and range of an Oscar contender, was found dead at the age of only 28 in his Manhattan apartment January 22nd, 2008. Read more... Mona Zaki - Egypt’s Sweetheart By: May Abdel Asim February 2008 The last time we saw Mona Zaki on the silver screen was as Shafika in the romantic comedy “Taymour & Shafika” alongside Ahmed El Sakka. Read more... Pick of the Month: Ashraf Ashley’s “Simply Unthinkable” February 2008 Talented Ashraf Ashley has released another book of his poetry collection titled “Simply Unthinkable”. Read more... WORLD AIDS DAY - Way to go Egypt! By: Hassan Mahfouz February 2008 On the evening of Thursday the 17th of January 2008, an event was held at El Sawy Culture wheel to observe "World AIDS Day". Read more... Shaimaa aziz “The Brave One” By: By Aiten Amin January 2008 Interviewing Shaimaa Aziz was an unusual experience, maybe because she belongs to those unusual kinds of people called “ARTISTS”. Shaimaa is considered one of the most talented young painters in Egypt. Until now she had many successful exhibitions and collaborated in many art projects. Read more... A Happy New Year, A Happy New You By: By Ola M. Gomaa January 2008 It's a New Year, and its time to refresh our list of New Year resolutions, a list of changes which probably has not changed since last year, but again, neither did we. Read more... Caramel – A Lebanese View on Life January 2008 Caramel (Sukkar Banat), is the first feature film by Lebanese director Nadine Labaki that has been released last August in Lebanon. The film premiered on March 20th during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight section. The film ran for the Caméra d'Or during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It is the first Lebanese movie to sell distribution rights of the film to more than 40 countries (US among them). Read more...     username   password   forgot your password? New Member? Register Now Advertisement

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