Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/7/2022 3:06:45 PM
Egyptian veteran director Ahmed Yehia, who collaborated with generations of Egyptian artists and crews, passed away on Monday at the age of 78 in a hospital in Cairo after suffering from illness.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/7/2022 3:04:27 PM
Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop artists, has died at age 85, his family said Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
1/31/2022 12:20:25 PM
Music streaming giant Spotify announced Sunday it would start guiding listeners of podcasts discussing Covid-19 to facts about the pandemic, after artists including Neil Young pulled their songs from the platform in anger at misinformation.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/21/2022 3:36:02 PM
Egyptian artists expressed their grief and shock over the sudden death of young artist Nouran Sherif yesterday at age 31.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
1/18/2022 5:25:54 PM
Ai Weiwei is one of China’s most famous artists, and many regard him as one of the world’s greatest living ones. Working with the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, he helped design the Bird’s Nest Stadium, the centerpiece of Beijing’s 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
12/31/2021 4:28:00 PM
Renowned and beloved Egyptian artists we lost in 2021.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/26/2021 6:34:00 PM
A legislative amendment granting the Union of Syndicates of Acting, Cinema, and Musical Professions judicial powers to crack down on "substandard singers" and punish those who practice without a license was rejected by Egypt's House of Representatives on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/29/2021 7:05:29 PM
The Egyptian House of Representatives’ Culture and Media Committee approved an amendment granting the Union of Syndicates of Acting, Cinema, and Musical Professions the judicial right to crack down on “substandard singers” and punish those who exercise the profession of acting without a license.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Theater
11/16/2021 8:54:28 PM
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
11/16/2021 8:37:05 PM
Despite the alleged solitude of artists, the death of Gazbia Sirry at the age of 96 last Thursday filled the cultural community with grief.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Theater
10/22/2021 1:40:00 PM
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
10/17/2021 11:22:00 AM
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/16/2021 6:13:19 PM
Ibrahim El-Dessouki is the only Egyptian artist to present his work at the inaugural Diriyah Biennale, in which over 70 Arab and international artists take part.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
10/13/2021 1:22:30 AM
A group of artists has been organising courses to help people create using coffee foam, reports Mai Samih
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Opinion
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10/1/2021 1:05:00 PM
Music, art and cultural heritage in general have no value among Islamist sects, be they ISIS fanatics who beheaded Yazidi artists in Iraq and banned music in weddings and other social activities in Yemen, or Muslim Brothers who closed down the Opera House and fired its director when they came to power in Egypt.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/20/2021 3:50:22 PM
This year, the festival will include over 130 performances staged across various historic locations in Jerash
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Egypt
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Society
9/19/2021 9:07:16 PM
The president reviewed a system to support artists through the National Authority of Social Insurance, directing the government to revise the database of artists in order to include them in insurance and social care programmes
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
8/26/2021 12:42:00 PM
By making his 12-year-old dream come true, director Mohmed Abdalla aims to send a message of hope to all mime theatre artists in Egypt, urging them to continue their efforts
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/27/2021 4:44:33 PM
The private circus was founded by Gamal El-Helw, who comes from a long line of Egyptian circus artists
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
7/16/2021 3:33:27 PM
Five artists give different perceptions on human body, oscillating between real and imaginary
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