Three Women, Three Portraits of Cairo

Azza Fahmy is a jewelry maker taking from the past to create beautiful new objects. Karima Mansour is a dancer struggling to find acceptance in her own country. Lara Baladi is an artist winning a government-sponsored exhibition for a work that sheds a dark light on life in her city. They are "three women of Cairo":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/02/tonight-on-the-newshour-three-artists-from-cairo.html coming to Washington's "Kennedy Center":http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/08-09/arabesque/ to offer three different portraits of their vibrant, sometimes overwhelming city. The third in our series in our broadcast series on "Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World" aired Thursday: Link to the transcript and a downloadable audio version "right here":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june09/cairoartists_02-26.html. And more information about the three artists can be found "here":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/02/tonight-on-the-newshour-three-artists-from-cairo.html.