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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/12/2025 5:04:08 PM
As the AUC Tahrir CultureFest continues, attendees are treated to a multicultural array of performances which, alongside seminars and talks, reflect on the event’s main theme: Cairo as a Global City.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
3/15/2025 10:19:10 AM
Highlights of some of the performances listeners can look forward to in Cairo during Ramadan.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
2/27/2025 12:00:00 AM
Amal Fikry passed away one year ago, on 4 March 2024. The dynamo of the orchestra, Fikry transformed the lives of the blind and visually impaired girls and women of Al Nour Wal Amal, opening doors through countless opportunities, boundless kindness, and guidance.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
2/11/2025 9:19:29 PM
Egyptian pianist Moushira Issa passed away on Friday, 31 January, leaving behind an immense legacy of performances both in her homeland and internationally, as well as a generation of students who will carry her torch and continue to share her love of music with audiences worldwide.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/5/2025 9:18:07 PM
Egypt’s renowned Al Nour Wal Amal (Light and Hope) Chamber Orchestra, consisting of visually impaired women musicians, gave two concerts in Rome last month, marking its first-ever visit to Italy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/31/2024 9:15:00 AM
Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, countless Sudanese nationals have fled the country, and most found refuge in Egypt. Many are artists, musicians in particular. It took most of them a few months to set themselves up before they could resume their creative practice.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/23/2024 3:58:59 PM
The Nutcracker ballet is known to return to international stages at Christmas time; as such, it will be performed in Egypt by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company starting 26 December.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/3/2024 10:05:33 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/19/2024 11:03:42 AM
The 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which runs from 13 to 22 November, is shining a strong light on Palestine's cinema in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
11/5/2024 6:16:46 PM
Celebrating Omani Women’s Day, Egypt' s Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra, an ensemble consisting of visually impaired women musicians, performed at the Royal Opera House in Muscat. The evening also featured Oman's ROSO Ladies Ensemble and the Moroccan pianist Nour Awadi.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/23/2024 11:57:47 AM
Turin Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) will hold a world premiere of Egyptian Scenes, a new symphonic work penned by Ahmed El-Saedi, an Egyptian composer, principal conductor and music director of the Cairo Symphony Orchestra
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/13/2024 7:18:50 PM
Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra, an ensemble of blind and visually impaired women musicians, will give a concert at the Royal Opera House of Musical Arts in Muscat, the capital of Oman.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/7/2024 12:28:19 PM
The latest episode of Da7ee7 (Daheeh, or The Nerd), titled Um Kalthoum in Paris, about the iconic singer's historic performance at Paris’ Olympia Theatre has crossed two million views on YouTube just one week after its release.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/23/2024 3:42:49 PM
Internationally acclaimed Egyptian soprano Fatma Said will give a concert at the open-air stage of the historical Abdeen Palace on Thursday 26 September.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
9/17/2024 11:26:05 PM
Born on 19 October 1937, Tarek Ali Hassan wore many hats. A practising physician, as a professor of medicine at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, he reached the post Head of the Endocrinology Department. He skillfully juggled his medical responsibilities with his deep involvement in arts and music in particular, serving as one of the first few chairmen of the Cairo Opera House.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/9/2024 9:32:44 PM
Artist, professor of medicine, and former chairman of the Cairo Opera House, Tarek Ali Hassan died early Sunday at age 87.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/30/2024 5:50:01 PM
The 81st Venice International Film Festival (27 August-7 September) includes several titles from Arab countries and hosts two Arab filmmakers in its jury panels.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/21/2024 5:39:38 PM
The Cairo Opera House appointed Egyptian composer and conductor Mohamed Saad Basha as the Cairo Opera Orchestra's principal conductor and artistic director.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/1/2024 10:07:54 PM
Veteran Egyptian actress Salwa Mohamed Aly paid tribute to the founders of the Egyptian independent theatre movement in her short speech during the opening ceremony of the 17th National Theatre Festival on Tuesday.
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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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