Arts & Culture
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10/27/2023 8:12:22 PM
"Leave the World Behind," an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020.
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Arts & Culture
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10/27/2023 5:52:46 PM
Mohamed Kordofani's award-winning film Goodbye Julia has been released across almost 20 cinemas in Egypt.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
10/24/2023 9:39:31 PM
For some “to cancel or not to cancel” cultural activities is equivalent to “to mourn or not to mourn” the lost Palestinian souls whose numbers multiply every day. Others ponder different angles, considering messages that artistic activities can communicate at such a difficult time.
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Arts & Culture
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10/21/2023 2:27:00 PM
The Tunisian government has announced the cancellation of the 34th Carthage Film Festival, Africa's oldest cinema showcase, in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/21/2023 1:54:36 PM
El Gouna Film Festival postponed its sixth edition, for the second time, 'until the situation stabilizes in the Palestinian lands.'
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/19/2023 12:36:34 PM
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) announced on Wednesday that the 45th edition of the festival got postponed after it was scheduled to take place from 15 to 24 November.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
10/17/2023 5:53:35 PM
As the violence against Palestinians escalates, Soha Hesham remembers some of Palestine’s best loved films
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Arts & Culture
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10/15/2023 6:22:42 PM
One of Iran's most prominent filmmakers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening alongside his wife at their home near Tehran.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
10/10/2023 10:07:36 PM
Nahed Nasr met with the director and artistic director of the sixth El Gouna Film Festival
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/10/2023 8:41:16 PM
El Gouna Film Festival postponed its sixth edition, which was supposed to open on Friday, to 27 October - 2 November "due to the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Flood and the hardships in Palestine," according to a statement released on Tuesday.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
10/10/2023 3:19:23 PM
Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (11-17 October) in Egypt
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/6/2023 3:46:45 PM
Ameer Fakher Eldin's feature film The Stranger (El-Gharib) made its global debut on Netflix on Friday, a movie that was Palestine's official submission for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2022 Academy Awards.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/29/2023 6:50:32 PM
The Sudanese film Goodbye Julia has been nominated to the Oscar's Foreign Language Film Award Committee, which will select films to compete in the 96th Academy Awards (2024).
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/28/2023 8:25:23 PM
Celebrated British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight "Harry Potter" films, has died in hospital aged 82, his family announced Thursday, prompting a flood of tributes.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/26/2023 11:07:00 AM
The Egyptian filmmaker Amr Salama's 60 Egyptian Pounds will be the first short to open the sixth edition of El Gouna Film Festival, to be held on 13 and 20 October.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/23/2023 11:26:05 AM
The first-ever edition of the International Youth Film Festival kicked off Thursday in the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/21/2023 6:10:52 PM
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) names Bosnian director and screenwriter Danis Tanović as president of the Official International Competition at the 45th edition, which will be held from 15 to 25 November 2023.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/21/2023 5:37:03 PM
Tunisian film Four Daughters and Iraqi film Hanging Gardens are among the Arab films submitted to Oscar's Foreign Language Film Award Committee by their respective countries to compete in the 96th edition of the Academy Awards in March 2024.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
9/19/2023 11:38:32 PM
El Gouna Film Festival returns for the sixth time, reports Soha Hesham
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/19/2023 4:01:45 PM
Egyptian film Voy! Voy! Voy! is nominated to Oscar's Foreign Language Film Award Committee, which will be selecting films to compete in the 96th edition of the Academy Awards (2024).
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