Wrapping up 2016

Music as Levant's refuge: Powerful moments in 2016


Triumphs in the Egyptian visual arts scene in 2016



When the going gets tough: On challenges that 2016 brought upon Egypt's cultural scene



Egyptian films from 2016 that will long be remembered



Egypt's artists and writers who passed away in 2016



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Features, interviews, reviews



A reminder of magic on Christmas day: The Animation Show of Shows in Cairo


'The purely physical does not interest me': Egyptian painter Riham El-Sadany on her new exhibition



Rebellious surrealists: From Egypt's 1940s to Paris's Centre Pompidou



Alexandria exhibition celebrates 'Hurufiyya' art movement



Cairo Choral Society joins Egypt Christmas season with Schubert's Mass in G



Empowering women against violence and discrimination through art: Egyptian perspectives



INTERVIEW: 'We Are Egyptian Armenians', a film about the history of the Armenian community



In photos: Exhibitions at Cairo's Saad Zaghloul Centre tap into the intangible



Uncovering the face of faceless art: On Egypt's graffiti artist Keizer, the ant and the city



Artworks worth a thousand words: El-Qassemi traces politics in modern Arab art


INTERVIEW: Egyptian filmmaker Kawthar Younis explores human relationships in debut documentary



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Egypt news:



Star Wars actor Carrie Fisher dies at 60: People



Cairo Opera House launches online ticketing service



Visual artist Gameel Shafiq dies at 78



Santa Claus Is Coming to Cairo: NileFM releases their take on the famed Christmas song



Egyptian film Clash scoops two awards at the Indian Int'l Festival of Kerala



Egypt's producer Mohamed Hefzy selected board member of UAE's first Arab Film Institute



Egyptian composer Omar Khairat to perform at new Kuwaiti opera house


Egyptian films 'Withered Green', and 'Ali, The Goat And Ibrahim' scoop top prizes in Dubai


Renowned Egyptian actor Ahmed Rateb dies at 67


'To know, to be able, to want and to dare': Google doodles on late Egyptian activist Doria Shafik


Egyptian actress Zubaida Tharwat passes away


Egyptian screenwriter Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known for El-Keif, dies at 75


Mohamed Diab's Clash wins the Critics' Prize at Belgium's Mediterranean Film Festival



Egypt’s state cultural institutions suspend activities for three days after church bombing


Egyptian actor Ahmed El-Fishawy at Dubai Int’l Film Festival for three films



Egypt’s 'AH!' wins best short film award at Delhi Intl Film Festival



Egyptian filmmakers Marianne Khoury & Yousry Nasrallah jurors at Dubai Int'l Film Festival



Amr Diab's manager says no Hijab ban at Cairo Christmas concert



Egypt to embrace continent with African Cinema Club launch in Cairo


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Regional and International News



British pop music superstar George Michael dies at 53



Dutch artist brings beauty to war-damaged Gaza home



Lost treasures of Syria's Palmyra rise again in new 3D show



Iranian Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman nominated to Golden Globe’s for Best Foreign Language Film



Key film nominees for the 2017 Golden Globe awards



American comic's show cancelled in Saudi Arabia



Swiss authorities seize artefacts looted from Syria's Palmyra



Celebrity-backed Cinema Jenin in Palestine closes



Iranians face terrorism charges after filming Israeli embassy in Kenya



As Aleppo battle ends, 'The War Show' film intimately shows Syria in new light



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