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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
4/24/2024 5:03:23 PM
The Alexandria Short Film Festival revealed that actress Salwa Mohamed Ali, actor Sayed Ragab, producer Mohamed Hefzy, and art director Ahmed Fayez will hold masterclasses during the festival’s 10th edition (25-30 April).
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/16/2024 9:32:13 PM
The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced on Tuesday they won't open the Israeli pavilion exhibit until there is a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement to exchange captives between Israel and Hamas.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/9/2024 1:45:19 PM
On sketch pads or computer tablets, a group of young Rwandan artists painstakingly recreate portraits of victims of the 1994 genocide for their loved ones.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/8/2024 6:44:41 PM
Several artists and cultural institutions mourn the death of the Egyptian-Swiss visual artist Hazem El-Mesitkawy who passed away on Friday at the age of 59.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/2/2024 10:20:02 PM
Cinema for Gaza, an initiative by a collective of UK artists, launched on Tuesday an online charity auction aimed at raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/1/2024 4:24:16 PM
Expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine, Cuban plastic artists and cartoonists painted a mural in Havana on Saturday.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
3/27/2024 10:16:25 PM
The London-based art gallery, P21, is holding an exhibition titled "Don’t Stop Drawing - Visual diaries of solidarity with Gaza," featuring works by two Lebanese artists.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/19/2024 7:57:54 PM
Criticism of Israel is still stigmatised as anti-Semitic and anti-Jewish but there is pushback.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
2/27/2024 8:57:52 PM
Brushes and paint are all some artists need to turn furniture, walls, and even clothing into inspiring works of art, writes Sarah Elhosary
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/2/2024 2:54:07 PM
In recognition of African artists, the Grammy's 2024 will present Best African Music Performance award for the first time in The Recording Academy's history, with songs by Nigerian artists dominating the nominations
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/1/2024 7:22:40 PM
Musicians and critics alike have long accused Grammy voters of ignoring the work of female artists -- but this year, it's highly probable that women will take home the night's top prizes.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
1/16/2024 6:55:06 PM
When the first bombs rang out in Sudan, Amjad, Fatima and Mazin abandoned their paintbrushes, musical instruments and studios, leaving behind the lives they knew for unfamiliar shores.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/7/2023 2:35:34 PM
Coming from a long lineage of renowned Egyptian artists, Nahed Farid Shawki passed away following a sudden health crisis on Tuesday at the age of 72.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/11/2023 10:38:31 PM
The ongoing Israel's war on Gaza prompted numerous artists in Egypt and from across the Arab world to express their thoughts through music. Shaabi singers, rappers, The Choir Project, amateurs and professionals, are among dozens of artists who began uniting to support Palestine.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/8/2023 12:11:17 PM
With the participation of 14 international artists from the region and various countries worldwide, the third edition of the international exhibition Forever Is Now is on display at the area of the Pyramids of Giza until 18 November.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/1/2023 1:17:25 PM
In support of the Palestinian people’s resilience amid the brutal war on Gaza, 25 artists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region presented “Rajieen,” (We Are Coming Back) an anthem that embodies resilience and resistance.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
9/17/2023 2:48:00 PM
During the past weeks, the rights of workers in film and television have come to the fore with dozens of prominent film artists – directors, screenwriters, editors, sound engineers, costume and set designers – joining a movement unprecedented in decades.
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World
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International
9/9/2023 10:50:47 AM
North Korea invited visiting Chinese delegates and Russian artists to a paramilitary parade featuring rocket launchers pulled by trucks and tractors, state media said Saturday, in leader Kim Jong Un’s latest effort to display his ties with Moscow and Beijing in the face of deepening confrontations with Washington.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/3/2023 12:03:00 PM
The second half of the 31st Citadel Festival for Music and Singing will feature a large assortment of renowned artists, including Hisham Kharma, Omar Khairat, Abeer Nehme, and Ghalia Benali.
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