Egypt: Luxor festival sees Tahtib take centre stage

At a cultural festival in the Egyptian city of Luxor last week, the spotlight was primarily on tahtib, which is part sport, part traditional dance. With its moves drawn from a martial art, tahtib has its origins back in ancient Egypt, as the director of the festival’s opening ceremony explained.

“Many tahtib players are participating in this festival. Tahtib is an ancient game that we discovered through Pharaonic antiquities,…