Internationally acclaimed Egyptian soprano Fatma Said will give a concert at the open-air stage of the historical Abdeen Palace on Thursday 26 September.
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Born on 19 October 1937, Tarek Ali Hassan wore many hats. A practising physician, as a professor of medicine at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, he reached the post Head of the Endocrinology Department. He skillfully juggled his medical responsibilities with his deep involvement in arts and music in particular, serving as one of the first few chairmen of the Cairo Opera House.
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Artist, professor of medicine, and former chairman of the Cairo Opera House, Tarek Ali Hassan died early Sunday at age 87.
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The 81st Venice International Film Festival (27 August-7 September) includes several titles from Arab countries and hosts two Arab filmmakers in its jury panels.
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The Cairo Opera House appointed Egyptian composer and conductor Mohamed Saad Basha as the Cairo Opera Orchestra's principal conductor and artistic director.
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Veteran Egyptian actress Salwa Mohamed Aly paid tribute to the founders of the Egyptian independent theatre movement in her short speech during the opening ceremony of the 17th National Theatre Festival on Tuesday.
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This summer, Ati Metwaly compared and contrasted three music festivals
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Last week, the Egyptian trumpeter Mohamed Sawwah released the first single from his upcoming album, which as he states “marks a new trajectory” in his creative meanders. This comes along with the preparations for a concert on Thursday.
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On Thursday 18 July, the Al-Ghoury Dome’s audience attended one of the youngest additions to the folkloric scene, a troupe that was founded just a few months ago: Folklorita.
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Egyptian painter and sculptor Moataz Nasr is among five artists shortlisted for the Richard Mille Art Prize, worth $60,000, organised in cooperation with the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
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Animator, the International Animated Film Festival, held in Poznań, Poland, from 25-30 June, launched Kemet's Daughters, a programme dedicated to shedding light on contemporary Egyptian female animators.
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On 6 and 7 June, the Greek National Opera (GNO) Ballet gave two performances at the main hall of the Cairo Opera House, taking us to the world of many sensations wrapped in kinetic beauty
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Known for her role in Goodbye Julia, Sudanese actress Eiman Yousif is a well-rounded artist, with music - singing and playing instruments - being one of her channels of expression.
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Jordanian singer and songwriter Aziz Maraka features Palestinian singer and guitarist from Gaza Raji El-Jaru and Sudanese rapper Ghayaz Alagha in his latest music video Mawteni.
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The up-and-coming filmmaker Amina Abdoulaye Mamani talks about The Envoy of God, a film that looks deep into the heart of terrorism in Niger. The film won the Best Short Film award at Aswan International Women Film Festival last month.
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The fully restored Studio Nasibian Theatre, a stage run by Jesuit Cairo, reopened on Saturday after it had been gutted by fire on 31 October 2021.
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The Cairo Opera Ballet Company will give its first performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's masterpiece The Sleeping Beauty on 9 May 2024. The performance will also run on 10, 12, and 13 May.
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The 8th edition of the Aswan International Women Film Festival took place between 20 and 25 April 2024, bringing a multitude of film screenings, workshops, seminars and discussions to Egypt's south
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Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir, French-Senegalese Maïmouna Doucouré, Rwandan actress Eliane Umuhire are among several artists from African countries or of African descent who will sit on jury panels of different segments of the Cannes Film Festival
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Renowned Lebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki will join the nine-member strong panel of the 77th Cannes Film Festival jury (14-25 May).
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