Author

Aida El Torie

is an independent producer and director. Previously, she was editor-in-chief for Contemporary Practices Journal and has worked with many galleries, museums and cultural agencies in Cairo, New York and San Francisco, including the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo and The Brooklyn Museum and Christie's auction house in New York, She holds a BA in visual arts and mass communication from the American University in Cairo.

Articles by this author

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On the Superimposed Idol

Nermine Hammam reminisces on the making of Ma’at and Metanoia as she explores the influential roles of women through her own search for inspiration and provocation.

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Tomb Sonata in Three Military Movements (and Overture)

Among the impressive array of works at the Twelfth International Cairo Biennale was one by Egyptian artist Khaled Hafez, a series of darkened rooms decorated with symbolic images, ending in a hyperreal burial chamber. We look at this most involving work of modern art.