#contemporary arts
Two popular art spaces in downtown Cairo, Townhouse Gallery and Rawabet Theatre, have been shut down in what Mada Masr has described as an 'inter-agency raid' by the Censorship Authority, the Tax Authority, the National Security Agency, and a local office of the Ministry of Manpower. According to Mada Masr, Townhouse Gallery and Rawabet Theatre were first visited by a group of plainclothes officials who identified themselves as working for the Censorship Authority. Citing a Townhouse Gallery employee, Mada Masr…
