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Actor Ahmed Galal Abdel-Qawi dies aged 42

Actor Ahmed Galal Abdel-Qawi passed away in the early hours of Sunday, 19 July. He was 42.

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Danny Boyle's Murdoch biopic to open Venice Film Festival

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Mohamed Hefzy urges dialogue as Egypt public performance rights dispute deepens

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Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky's The Stories to open Toronto Arab Film Festival 2026

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'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill dies aged 78

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Al-Qasas: Abu Bakr Shawky tells Egypt's history through one family's story

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INTERVIEW| Renewal has been the guiding principle of my 3-decade career: Tarek Lotfy

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Egyptian production manager Ghazal El-Shall passes away

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Yasmina El-Abd: From childhood dream to rising star with her mother's support

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Women voices driving narrative in Arab, global cinema at Cannes Festival

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Sudanese film Cotton Queen sees release across cinemas in UAE

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Rotterdam Arab Film Festival showcases Palestinian programme

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El-Nos El-Tani, Ein Sehreya main winners at 4th People’s Choice Ramadan Series Awards

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Short-form series Qalb Maftouh and Ibn El Sherka top viewing charts on WATCH IT in Egypt

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Remembering Hassan Hosny: Eternal joker of Egyptian cinema

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Cotton Queen explores power, tradition, and control in Sudan’s villages

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Louvre heist to be turned into film

Music

Legendary Egyptian composer Hany Shenouda dies at 83

Legendary Egyptian composer and arranger Hany Shenouda passed away on 20 July at the age of 83.

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Palestinian singer-songwriter Saint Levant announces dates for world tour this year

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Egypt's electronic music boom: From underground to luxury resorts

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Cairo Opera begins preparations for 'exceptional' 34th Citadel Festival for Music and Singing

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Madonna, Shakira, BTS to co-headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup's halftime show

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Wegz unveils second world tour, with shows across North America, Europe, Middle East

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Tamer Hosny to headline celebration of Egypt’s national football team

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Former Egyptian squash world champion Ramy Ashour releases romantic single Agmal Ensana

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Haifa Wehbe, Saint Levant release two singles after Cairo wedding campaign

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Hany Shenouda bridges generations with Bahlam Maak featuring Tina, Ziad Zaza

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Programme| Cairo Opera House summer festival in Cairo, Alexandria

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Programme| Egypt's North Coast gears up for its biggest summer of music yet

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Tul8te makes debut on Berlin-based COLORS Studio with new song Garee'a Awy

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From patriotic anthems to protest songs: The soundtrack of Egypt's World Cup journey

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Music industry launches AI-generated content labels

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'Total Eclipse' singer Bonnie Tyler, queen of the 80s power ballad, dies at 75

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Tamer Ashour, Nawal Al-Zoghby to headline Tiatro Romano Festival on Egypt's North Coast

Stage & Street

Not to be missed: Tablet Elsitt, Klaxiks, Al-Hadra in Cairo, Tamer Ashour in North Coast, abundance of theatre plays

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week 15-21 July in Cairo, and across the North Coast

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Not to be missed: Tablet Elsitt, Klaxiks, Al-Hadra in Cairo, Tamer Ashour in North Coast, abundance of theatre plays
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Egypt to launch inaugural Shadow Theatre Festival in Cairo

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Egyptian and Arab artists relish in Egypt's historic World Cup breakthrough

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Cairo University's experimental King Lear tops University Theatre festival

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Not to be missed: From tributes to Mohamed Fawzi, Farid El-Atrash, Sheikh Imam, to theatre, contemporary dance

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Sameh Megahed appointed director of Egypt’s National Theatre

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Cairo Monodrama Festival opens submissions for monodrama playwriting competition

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Art Street returns to Downtown Cairo with open-air creativity

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Select cinemas across Egypt and the Gulf screen FIFA World Cup 2026

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Not to be missed: From Ghassan Yammine, AUC Folklore Troupe, to Friday musical theatre, abundance of ballet

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Egyptian theatre director Mohamed Fouad Abdeen dies in Cairo

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Egypt offers free entry to several museums on Int'l Museum Day

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Polish city of Cracow launches theatre festival with Egyptian, Arab participation

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A sun-baked Senegal village erupts in color for one of Africa’s biggest dance festivals

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Iconic Egyptian dancer Soheir Zaki passes away

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Not to be missed: From Short Film Festival in Alexandria to Empower Her Art Forum at GEM, Amr Diab at AUC

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Eternal magic of Swan Lake returns to Cairo Opera House

Visual Art

Egypt' pavilion at 61st Venice Biennale among must-see exhibits: French press

Egypt's pavilion has been named among the top five must-see national pavilions at the 61st Venice Biennale by French magazine Le Petit Journal, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.

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Veteran Egyptian cartoonist Nabil Sadeq dies in Cairo

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A Miami art exhibit is celebrating Africa's soccer legacy throughout the World Cup

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Egyptian visual artist Walid Nayef explores the elusiveness of time

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Nazli Madkour: The Art of Memory Made Present

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Nazli Madkour’s Hymn of the Earth traces 45 years of artistic evolution

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AUC Tahrir CultureFest kicks off with exhibitions exploring Future C-AI-RO

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Renoir, Cezanne, and Matisse works stolen from Italian museum in three minutes

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Banksy ‘unmasked’ again: Fans angry, dealers unfazed

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Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for 30 million euros

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Where light becomes breath: Egyptian artist Sabah Naim exhibits intimate miniatures

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Egyptian artist Dina Sabry’s 'surreal' journey back to self

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Pakistani sculptor turns scrap into colossal metal artworks

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'Egypt Timeless' opens at Louvre Square in Paris

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Farouk Hosny Museum of Arts celebrates a lifetime of creative legacy

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'Girl with a Pearl Earring' to be shown in Japan, in rare trip abroad

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The River Nile as seen by Egyptian visual artists

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