For three consecutive days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11-13 July 2019, music of various kinds resounded in the area of Sultan Qaitbey’s maq‘ad. A blend of jazz improvisation with Oriental music, Sudanese rhythms charged … Read more
It is Ramadan again, the Muslim holy month of fasting and also of rejoicing and of happy reunions. The ARCHiNOS annual iftar, the communal meal when the day’s fast is broken after sunset, was … Read more
The accomplished travel writer who signs her pieces simply as Dee has recently published on-line an in-depth article about the ‘Desert of the Mamluks’, the part of the “City of the Dead” in Cairo … Read more
On 12 April 2019, an exhibition opened in the Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey that presented the results of a photographic competition A Thin Line Between the Living and the Dead. From 119 works submitted … Read more
On 12 April 2019 the world-renowned Austrian virtuoso duo BartolomeyBittmann performed at the Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey. Rooted in classical tradition, Matthias Bartolomey and Klemens Bittmann lead their precious instruments –a violin and cello that … Read more
Two events followed each other on Friday, 29 March 2019 in the Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey that after conservation and adaptation by ARCHiNOS operates as a hub for art and culture in Cairo’s ‘City … Read more
