Arts & Culture - Stage & Street

Ayouch film tackling prostitution banned in Morocco

With its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Much Loved, a drama by director Nabil Ayouch, tackling prostitution, is banned in its home country Morocco

Art Alert: Doum Haky to perform Le Waqt ‘Oza at Rawabet

The writers group is putting on experimental performances at the Rawabet Theatre on 29 and 30 May

Art Alert: 'Hello, I’m an Artist', multimedia exhibit at Medrar

Visual artist Sara Nabil’s first solo exhibit blends photography, drawing, painting, installation and video

'The street is ours': New project Cinema Shareana aims to reclaim public space

Cinema Shareana is a new initiative bringing free film screenings to the quiet streets of Al-Salam neighbourhood

Independent films in Egypt, Middle East: coproductions and agendas

As a part of Hybrid Reels programme, Mostafa Youssef of Seen Film Production led a discussion about film co-production as a source of funding

Zawya launches new distribution company for independent and arthouse films

The Egyptian distribution company is a new venture of Zawya Cinema and Misr International Films

Ramadan TV series selection

With less than a month remaining before the beginning of Ramadan, TV channels have already revealed some information on the series scheduled to be screened during the holy month

Egypt's play The Last Supper to take part in Avignon Festival official selection

The 69th edition of the Festival d’Avignon will take place between four and 25 July

Cairo conference on theatre and censorship kicks off with stormy debate

First day of the conference saw sharp exchanges of views by those opposed to and those who support censorship practices

Ceramic artist Aida Abdel-Kareem dies at 89

Aida Abdel-Kareem, ceramic artist, died at the age of 89 on Sunday morning

Egypt's renowned artist Nagy Shaker explores magic of light and 'fourth dimension'

Nagy Shaker rekindles his relation with light in his new exhibition Light Talk, currently on display at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek

Egyptian film icon Omar Sharif has Alzheimer’s

Son of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif confirms the 83 year old has Alzheimer’s disease

A tribute to women, original cinema at Cannes 2015

For the first time since 1987, the festival opened with a film directed by a woman

Egypt at the Venice Biennale: Fissures exposed within Egypt's art scene

The Egyptian pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale stirred debate among Egypt's art practitioners, revealing a growing divide between the independent art scene and state-run projects

Egypt's culture picks of the week: 24-31 May

Ahram Online brings you a selection of culture events you might not want to miss this week in Cairo

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