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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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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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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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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