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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
7/30/2024 10:15:09 PM
This summer, Ati Metwaly compared and contrasted three music festivals
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/23/2024 11:04:04 PM
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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
7/23/2024 8:36:56 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
7/8/2024 7:04:48 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Screens
6/29/2024 12:57:06 PM
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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
6/11/2024 10:29:11 PM
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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
6/4/2024 10:09:31 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/28/2024 12:41:46 PM
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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
5/21/2024 9:00:08 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/20/2024 3:52:48 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/9/2024 2:12:01 PM
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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
4/30/2024 7:27:38 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/29/2024 9:51:17 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/29/2024 6:57:53 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Music
4/24/2024 12:15:40 PM
Al-Nour Wal Amal blind women orchestra gave a special concert on 22 April to commemorate Amal Fikry, who passed away on 4 March 2024, in the association’s premises at Heliopolis, Cairo.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/22/2024 12:21:33 PM
Essam Zakaria, one of the most important Egyptian critics and researchers, has been appointed the artistic director of the upcoming 45th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/18/2024 1:10:38 PM
Glimpses of Fear is Hanaa Nakhla's inaugural solo exhibition at the Hanager Art Centre (Cairo Opera grounds), showcasing not just creative works but also symbolizing a unique journey of self-discovery and conquering fears.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/21/2024 8:10:32 PM
Cairo Steps revive old Islamic poetry in their single The Imam featuring artist Hany Adel.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/5/2024 3:57:46 PM
Amal Fikry, who dedicated her life to supporting the Al-Nour Wal Amal Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of blind and visually impaired women musicians, died yesterday in Cairo at the age of 94.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/22/2024 5:53:17 PM
Egypt's Minister of Culture Nevine El-Kilany appointed Lamia Zayed the new chairperson of the National Cultural Centre (Cairo Opera House), succeeding Khaled Dagher.
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