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Shaimaa Fekry: Capturing Cairo’s Timeless Beauty · #8 Orient Expressed
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- Visual Arts
😎 GUEST
Shaimaa Fekry is an Egyptian artist who “paints with photos”. Born in Cairo into a family of artists, she showcases the beauty of her hometown, its timelessness and its daily life through her expert eye and the lens of her beloved camera.
Her first exhibition was in El Sawy Culture Wheel with a group of photographers, early 2010. She also participated in the Youth Salon Exhibition in Cairo Opera House in 2013. Her deep sensitivity and search for beauty, which show in her pictures, will surely catch your eye.
ℹ️ REFERENCES
In partnership with “Cairo Biography initiative”, she exhibited her pictures taken in the same city locations as 19th century painter Robert Hay, comparing past and present.
Omar Khairat – Emraah Motalaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31r3CMSF-bE
كوكو واوا - عاليا صالح (as sung by the artist) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z53ps
Mazinger مازنچر (the cartoon) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7re49z
Naguib Mahfouz’s recommended works:
بين القصرين 1 (Palace Walk)
قصر الشوق 2 (Palace of Desire)
السكرية 3 (Sugar Street)
🔎 FIND OUT MORE Instagram: @shaimaafekry
😎 GUEST
Shaimaa Fekry is an Egyptian artist who “paints with photos”. Born in Cairo into a family of artists, she showcases the beauty of her hometown, its timelessness and its daily life through her expert eye and the lens of her beloved camera.
Her first exhibition was in El Sawy Culture Wheel with a group of photographers, early 2010. She also participated in the Youth Salon Exhibition in Cairo Opera House in 2013. Her deep sensitivity and search for beauty, which show in her pictures, will surely catch your eye.
ℹ️ REFERENCES
In partnership with “Cairo Biography initiative”, she exhibited her pictures taken in the same city locations as 19th century painter Robert Hay, comparing past and present.
Omar Khairat – Emraah Motalaka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31r3CMSF-bE
كوكو واوا - عاليا صالح (as sung by the artist) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z53ps
Mazinger مازنچر (the cartoon) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7re49z
Naguib Mahfouz’s recommended works:
بين القصرين 1 (Palace Walk)
قصر الشوق 2 (Palace of Desire)
السكرية 3 (Sugar Street)
🔎 FIND OUT MORE Instagram: @shaimaafekry
35 min