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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
1/27/2022 10:22:21 PM
Since its release on 20 January and the ensuing controversy, the Arabic version of the Italian film Perfect Strangers has been the most watched film on Netflix in the Arab region for seven consecutive days.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
1/27/2022 7:15:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly sums up the controversy surrounding Netflix’s Arabic version of the Italian film Perfect Strangers.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
1/19/2022 9:35:40 PM
Perfect Strangers, the first Arabic film by Netflix, had its premiere at the Bulgari Hotel in Dubai on 17 January prior to its global premiere on 20 January.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
1/16/2022 6:19:38 PM
The event – Cairo's Contribution to the Enrichment of Islamic Culture: Architecture, Calligraphy, and Antiquities – included an exhibition of photographs illustrating the architecture of mosques, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic art, and documentaries about the Museum of Islamic Art.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/12/2022 5:43:56 PM
Saudi Arabia announced the establishment of the Bait Al-Oud Arabic Music Institute that aims to promote the region's talents and develop a new generation of musicians.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/31/2021 1:50:00 PM
The Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS) issued Outlook 2022, the fourth edition of its annual report, featuring 40 Egyptian and Arab experts and researchers who offer their predictions for the future of the world, the Middle East, and Egypt.
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Books
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News
12/31/2021 1:19:13 PM
Renowned Arabic literature professor and former Egypt Minister of Culture Gaber Asfour passed away on Friday at the age of 77.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/31/2021 1:18:35 AM
In celebration of World Arabic Language Day, which falls on 18 December every year since 2012, the Omani Ahmed bin Majid Cultural Salon held an event celebrating the Arabic language and discussing the challenges facing it.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/30/2021 2:14:02 PM
The Arab World’s leading music streaming platform, Anghami, has unveiled its top-listened lists of 2021 this week, naming Egyptian megastar Amr Diab top Arabic artist across all countries.
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World
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Africa
12/29/2021 12:14:27 PM
Rebels from Ethiopia's Tigray region are drawing on early Islamic history in an Arabic-language propaganda push to rally solidarity among Muslims online for their battle against the government.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/22/2021 5:09:53 PM
Egyptian singer Dalia Ihab Younis will perform Arabic versions of popular Christmas carols as part of St. Patrick’s Cathedral ‘Guest Choir Concert Series’ in New York on Wednesday 22 December.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
12/21/2021 7:32:25 PM
Netflix has unveiled that its first ever Arabic-language film ‘Perfect Stranger’ (Ashab Wala A’az), starring Mona Zaki and Eyad Nassar, will premiere on the streaming platform on 20 January 2022.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/15/2021 7:34:39 PM
A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis in Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca (clay vessel fragments) which bear engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism said on Wednesday.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/15/2021 2:43:38 PM
Yesterday at UNESCO’s online 16th session of the intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, Arabic calligraphy knowledge skills and practice have been registered on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of Humanity.
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Life & Style
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Style
12/12/2021 4:20:02 PM
“Hawssa” is making waves as a revolutionary dance fitness program that reflects the true vibes of the almost literally meaning of its name in Arabic: “obsession or madness”, but this time with sports and music.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
12/11/2021 10:17:47 PM
The oud player will be joined by five musicians in a unique concert at the Arabic Music Institute later this month.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
11/27/2021 9:10:24 PM
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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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
11/27/2021 8:35:09 PM
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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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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Books
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Reviews
11/1/2021 3:25:06 PM
Ahead of Cairo International Film Festival, on the third week of November, a debate opens over the history and role of cinema in Egypt.
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