The 28th of this month will mark International Day of Aragouz, a day assigned by UNESCO to celebrate the Egyptian folk puppet show known as “Aragouz”. The Aragouz was in 2018 added to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.   Makeshift theatre “Aragouz” denotes the puppet show, and is also … Continue reading Aragouz: Kaleidoscope of puppets