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Over the past few years, Cairo’s independent arts and cultural sector has increasingly made decisive efforts to reach and include Egyptians from more marginalized socioeconomic backgrounds, beyond the typical urban elite. The pioneering “Backstage Technical Professionalization Program” is one such striking example and recently featured in Studio Emad Eddin’s April 2019 press release heading: ‘Trainees of Studio Emad Eddin’s Backstage Program Take Their First Steps Towards Becoming Theatre Professionals.’ Since 2005, Downtown-based Studio Emad Eddin (SEE) Foundation, which is the…