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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
4/6/2022 11:51:02 AM
An evening featuring the Wajd Ensemble and a discussion around trances and spirituality in traditional Egyptian music will take place at Cairo’s French Institute on 12 April.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
4/5/2022 11:21:03 PM
More and more Ramadan decorations have become available in recent years, but traditional Ramadan lanterns remain as appealing as ever
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
3/30/2022 5:11:44 PM
Starting 10 April (9 Ramadan), venues operating under the Ministry of Culture’s Cultural Development Fund will offer a number of events that will take audiences on spiritual and traditional adventures during Ramadan evenings.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/30/2022 1:39:00 PM
With Taraweeh prayers and Iftar banquets permitted after a two-year ban, Egyptians will celebrate Ramadan the traditional way.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
3/27/2022 4:14:05 PM
Institut Français d’Égypte is hosting an event titled ‘Laylat Al-Dikr: Trance and Spirituality in Traditional Egyptian Music’ at their headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday 12 April, the 10th of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, where a lecture and a performance will be held.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
3/19/2022 11:48:16 AM
Three Egyptian troupes — Echo for Art, Nut Dance Company, and Awalem Khafeya — have been helping women to free their bodies and appreciate them more by practicing different forms of dance, mixing contemporary movements with more traditional ones.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
3/2/2022 4:25:27 PM
The great Upper Egyptian ancient city of Abydos in Sohag will be hosting three successive concerts starting Thursday 10 March as part of the Abydos Music Festival, with prominent Islamic chanter Yassin El-Tohamy and his ensemble set to open the event with a repertoire of their memorised traditional Sufi chants.
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World
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Region
1/29/2022 10:32:39 PM
Houthi fire from Yemen this month on the UAE, traditionally a haven of security in the turbulent Middle East, stirred alarm at home and abroad, but for many Saudis, it's nothing new.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
1/27/2022 7:10:00 PM
A new exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe aims to give a synoptic view of the mostly now-vanished Jewish communities of the Arab world, writes David Tresilian, while another — also in Paris — draws intriguing connections between modern European jewellery and traditional Islamic art
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World
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Region
12/25/2021 2:41:52 PM
The biblical town of Bethlehem marked its second straight Christmas Eve under the shadow of the coronavirus -- with small crowds and gray, gloomy weather dampening celebrations Friday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
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World
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Region
12/24/2021 3:26:06 PM
The biblical town of Bethlehem marked its second straight Christmas Eve under the shadow of the coronavirus, with small crowds and gray, gloomy weather dampening celebrations Friday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
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World
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International
12/18/2021 5:49:08 PM
Paris on Saturday said it was cancelling its traditional New Year fireworks as Europe braced for tighter curbs to rein in the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus fuelling a resurgence in Covid-19 cases worldwide.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
12/7/2021 2:30:33 PM
Sufi chanting troupe ‘Al-Hadra’ will be bringing some Islamic traditional Zikr (Remembrance of God) to the stage on 25 December at El-Sawy Culturewheel in Zamalek.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/7/2021 1:08:13 PM
Alongside celebrities gracing the red carpet at film festivals in Egypt, the traditional powerhouse of regional cinema, young Arab women directors are making their mark with documentaries tackling subjects ranging from femicide to revolution.
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World
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Region
12/6/2021 9:30:42 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in India on Monday for just his second overseas trip since the pandemic, seeking to bolster military and energy ties with a traditional ally being courted by Washington.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/25/2021 12:30:00 PM
Luxor will be in a festive mood tonight as the city hosts a celebration intended to promote it as the world’s greatest open-air museum.
The ceremony will put in the limelight Luxor’s enchanting Theban monuments, the mesmerising Nile, vibrant traditional market, and a host of other attractions.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/2/2021 4:59:24 PM
One of the Arab world's most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died at the age of 88, Syria's government said Tuesday.
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World
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International
11/2/2021 2:03:13 PM
Environmentalists have launched their traditional ‘Fossil of the Day’ awards at the U.N. climate conference, with Britain and Australia the first to receive the questionable honor.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
11/1/2021 6:15:48 PM
Showcasing traditional dance, music and arts, Iraq's Babylon International Festival has attracted thousands of fans for the first time in two war-scarred decades.
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Egypt
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Society
10/9/2021 5:31:19 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi opened on Saturday the third edition of “Torathna” (Our Heritage) Exhibition for handicrafts and heritage products at Cairo international exhibition center.
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