Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
2/4/2024 9:15:19 PM
Egypt's renowned theatre academic and former president of Cairo Int'l Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) died on Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/26/2020 2:34:19 PM
The festival will take place 1-11 September, presided over by Alaa Abdel Aziz Suleiman
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/8/2019 1:18:01 PM
Alaa Abdel Aziz, president of the Alexandria Arab Theatre Festival for Specialised Institutes and Colleges, shared his views on the inaugural edition, mission and plans ahead
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Arts & Culture
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Music
4/11/2014 2:18:14 PM
Acclaimed Egyptian harpist Manal Mohie Eldin will give a recital with her music ensemble on Tuesday 15 April at the Cairo Opera House
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/12/2014 11:39:58 PM
Three years after January 2011 Revolution, ideological maturity starts being coupled with concrete cultural realizations. Music field is an interesting example of post-2011 changes in culture or lack of thereof
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Books
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8/5/2013 3:11:09 PM
The state's prestigious art, culture, and science awards faced risk of cancellation for a record second time since its establishment in 1958
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/31/2013 10:47:04 PM
In May, Ines Abdel-Dayem was fired from the Cairo Opera's chair; in July she was offered ministerial post which she turned down. Today, reinstated to the opera, she shares her thoughts about past months and reveals dynamic plans
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Books
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7/21/2013 11:39:55 AM
New culture minister Saber Arab seeks to recover financial value of annual prizes blocked by former minister; hopes to disburse funds in August
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/17/2013 2:20:55 PM
New culture minister Mohamed Saber Arab reverses firings under previous minister in first decision since being sworn-in on Tuesday
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/14/2013 3:25:02 PM
Recently dismissed Cairo Opera House head Ines Abdel-Dayem set to become Egypt's new culture minister
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/5/2013 6:04:46 PM
A month after Egyptian artists and intellectuals started their culture ministry sit-in, they decide to stand their ground in protest of former culture minister's decisions
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Arts & Culture
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7/4/2013 2:05:31 PM
Egyptian artists and intellectuals end culture ministry sit-in that lasted 29 days after ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
6/29/2013 8:24:54 PM
Protesters from Egypt's culture scene will begin their 30 June protest in front of the culture ministry, banging wooden clogs to evoke the story of medieval female ruler Shagaret El-Dor
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
6/27/2013 7:15:07 PM
Since Mohamed Morsi's appointment as president of Egypt in June 2012, his policies have triggered discontent from arts and culture community; timeline points to main points of conflict
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Multimedia
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6/22/2013 7:33:25 PM
A crowd of several hundred gathered on the street in front of the Culture Ministry on 21 June in Zamalek, where renowned artists from the Cairo Opera House performed in celebration of Fête de la Musique (World Music Day)
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/22/2013 5:18:08 PM
On 21 June, joining world celebrations of music, many artists from the Cairo Opera House performed on the street in front of the culture ministry where ongoing protests against the minister's policies enters a 3rd week
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
Following protests and on-stage strikes by the Cairo Opera House artists, many of opera companies returned back to work. Ahram Online looks into the complex situation of the Opera, its artists and their worries
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Books
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6/18/2013 4:17:33 PM
Despite fears the highest Egyptian honours will be forfeited and protests to oust Culture Minister Abdel-Aziz, he tells Ahram Online he will hold voting for $1 million in national awards
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
6/18/2013 12:39:44 PM
Ahram Online talks to culture ministry employees who are trying to get on with their work as normal, despite the ongoing occupation of part of the building by protesting artists
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Books
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6/17/2013 4:26:22 PM
Egypt's Supreme Culture Council members declare they do not recognise the Morsi-appointed Culture Minister Abdel-Aziz and will sue him for libel
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