Arts & Culture

Film

Slovak film '107 Mothers' wins Arab Critics’ Award for European Films at CIFF

In a ceremony held on 1 December at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, European Film Promotion, together with the Arab Cinema Centre (ACC), announced the Slovak film '107 Mothers' by Peter Kerekes as the winner of the Best Film Award at the Arab Critics’ Award for European Films.

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Slovak film '107 Mothers' wins Arab Critics’ Award for European Films at CIFF

Iconic Egyptian artist Nelly celebrated by CIFF at the Cairo Opera House

90 film projects selected for Red Sea Int'l Film Festival Fund

Egyptian actor Karim Abdel-Aziz celebrated by CIFF at the Cairo Opera House

Internationally-acclaimed Indian composer A. R. Rahman honoured in Cairo

Egyptian filmmaker Hayat Aljowaily, only Arab speaker at 'Up Next: Inside Africa’s Creative Industries'

43rd Cairo International Film Festival opens in major celebration

Google Doodle celebrates Muhammad Al-Fayturi, Sudanese-Libyan writer, poet, playwright

Cannes director Thierry Frémaux to be honoured at Cairo Int'l Film Festival

‘A Hero’ director Farhadi threatens not to represent Iran at Oscars

Egyptian talent Amir El-Masry wins BAFTA Scotland’s Best Actor Award for Limbo

French film wins top prize at Greece's top film festival

Egyptian short Let's Get Digital screens at online Blink Film Festival

Egyptian director Mohamed Diab’s Amira to represent Jordan at the Oscars

Egyptian film Barra El-Manhag to premiere at Red Sea Film Festival

Panorama of the European Film to screen 40 films in 14th edition

‘Official Competition’ unveiled as opening film of 43rd Cairo Int’l Film Festival

Music

All you need to know about Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Riccardo Muti during their visit to Egypt

The world-famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra gives two concerts at the City of Arts and Culture's new opera house in the New Administrative Capital, with renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti leading the concerts scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

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All you need to know about Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Riccardo Muti during their visit to Egypt

K-pop giants BTS dominate American Music Awards

British star Adele returns with new ferocity on '30' album

Renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti visits Giza Pyramids, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Lebanese star Majida El-Roumi performs on last night of 30th Arab Music Festival

Egyptian veteran music professor and composer Alfred Gamil dies at 64

Rappers Travis Scott, Drake sued over deadly Texas concert crush

Swedish pop group ABBA return with new album 'Voyage' after 40-year hiatus

Egypt opens 30th Arab Music Festival with works of iconic Abdo Dagher, Gamal Salama

Iconic Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri dies at age of 88

30th Arab Music Festival to honour Abdo Dagher, Gamal Salama on opening day

Medhat Saleh, Reham Abdel Hakim in Cairo's Abdeen Palace's Sound of Movies concerts

Cairo Opera's Arab Music Ensemble to perform in Riyadh Season 2021

Cairo Jazz Festival to pay tribute to famous Egyptian cover bands from the 60s-80s

Lebanese musician Rima Khcheich to perform in seven concerts across Holland

Egyptian top rapper Wegz releases Keify Keda music video

Egyptian-German band Naheli releases ‘Chemistry & Reevaluation’ double album

Entertainment

Hend Sabry’s Finding Ola to broadcast soon on Netflix

Over 10 years after the success of her TV hit show Ayza Atgawez, Tunisian star Hend Sabry is reviving the popular character of Ola Abdel-Sabour in her Netflix Arabic series Finding Ola.

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Hend Sabry’s Finding Ola to broadcast soon on Netflix

'Red Notice,' 'Squid Game' on top as Netflix launches hours-watched metric

Netflix to participate in 43rd Cairo International Film Festival

Veteran Egyptian TV actor Ahmed Khalil dies aged 80 of COVID-19

Indian star Kamal Haasan to launch metaverse avatar

TikTok launches video contest amid sponsorship of 43rd Cairo Int’l Film Festival

American actor James Michael Tyler of Friends’ Gunther dies at 59

'Succession' grew out of real-life media mogul quips: creator

Rana Samaha to perform official song of 6th Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theater Festival for Youth

Palestinian Stories: 32 films available on Netflix worldwide

From YouTube to Netflix: Saudi Arabia's Takki mini-series to screen across 190 countries

Bloody and abstruse, South Korean cultural phenomenon 'Squid Game' hits worldwide

Lebanese singer Aziza's 'Mn Hadid' infuses Cher's hit 'Bang Bang' with disco soul and Arabic lyrics

Late Egyptian actress Hind Rostom's jewellery to go under the hammer at Sotheby's

Egyptian-British actor Khalid Abdalla to play Dodi Fayed in The Crown

INTERVIEW: A ‘scoop’ with well-known Lebanese TV presenter Raya Abirached

Egyptian child performer Abdelrahman attracts attention of millions on TikTok with actor impressions

Stage & Street

Egyptian veteran actress Soheir El-Bably dies at 86

Egyptian renowned actress Soheir El-Bably died in Cairo on Sunday at the age of 86 after being in a coma for almost three weeks at an intensive care unit.

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Egyptian veteran actress Soheir El-Bably dies at 86

Italian theatre professor Danilo Cremonte to present acting workshop in Cairo

Egypt launches fifth edition of the Awladna International Forum of Arts for the Gifted

Samir El-Asfoury’s ‘Fi Entizar Baba’ premiers at National Theatre

Egyptian theatre professor, actor Mahmoud El-Lozy dies at 63

Egypt wins big at Sixth Sharm El Sheikh Int’l Theatre Festival for Youth

Renowned Egyptian actress Samiha Ayoub celebrated at Sharm El Sheikh Int’l Theatre Festival for Youth

Sharm El Sheikh Int’l Theatre Festival for Youth opens with Italian play’s quest to save humanity

Final countdown to 6th Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theatre Festival for Youth

Fire causes partial damage to Cairo’s Jesuit Culture Centre

Iraq's Babylon arts festival back after almost 20 years

Cairo Int’l Festival for Experimental Theatre reveals plays participating in upcoming edition

D-CAF: 'X-Ray Fashion' VR documentary inspires both, sympathy and empathy

Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theater Festival for Youth reveals nominees for Essam El Sayed award

Remembering Hanaa Abdel-Fattah: Egyptian theatre director, actor, cultural mediator

Joy Town local Time

Sharm El-Sheikh Int'l Theater Festival for Youth announces nominees for Lenin El-Ramly Playwright Award

Visual Art

Egyptian artist Assem Abdel-Fattah's newest exhibition ponders old Cairo

The Samah Art Gallery displayed last month Assem Abdel-Fattah's works, ranging from oils to mixed media on canvas.

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Egyptian artist Assem Abdel-Fattah's newest exhibition ponders old Cairo

Art D’Egypte celebrates huge success of its fourth annual exhibition 'Forever is Now'

Abu Dhabi Festival praises Art D’Égypte's Forever Is Now exhibition

Le Lab: From Cairo to Dubai Design Week

Renowned Egyptian painter Gazbia Sirry dies at 96

Mohamed El-Tarawy's 'Be Yourself' solo exhibition underway at Al-Bab Gallery

Bibliotheca Alexandrina to hold 7th edition of Draw and Discover Competition

'Forever Is Now' strongest promotion for culture, tourism in Egypt: Hawass

Forever Is Now: Angelina Jolie hails contemporary artwork exhibition at Giza Plateau

Egyptian artist Ibrahim El-Dessouki to take part in Saudi's inaugural Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale

Hana Gamal's photography exhibition at D-CAF explores loss, love, memory

Free entry to Naguib Mahfouz Museum commemorating the Egyptian Nobel prize-winning novelist

Eyes wide open: On 'Barah', new exhibition by Abdel-Aziz Al-Guindi

My Backyard: Human body as identity at Cairo's Mashrabia Gallery

Misr International University students reinvent puppeteering art in Egypt

Cairo Opera's hall showcases first exhibition of Egyptian artist Sherif Nashed

Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Children’s Museum to reopen to the public this week

Art Alert

Rising talent Mai Kamal to debut at Arab Music Institute

Rising Egyptian talent Mai Kamal will perform her debut concert at the Arab Music Institute on 4 December, singing a collection of known Arabic and Western standards as well as a couple of her originals.

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