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Arts & Culture
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Film
11/22/2012 2:54:42 PM
The Cairo film festival, which was last held in 2010, will return with an ambitious programme of Arab, African and international films, plus workshops and seminars
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/2/2012 11:10:22 AM
Ai Weiwei says he has started returning money to supporters who had sent him $1.3 million over the past months
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Books
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10/22/2012 11:59:06 AM
Poet Paul Shaoul ends four-day visit to Egypt with discussion about his collection 'Packet of Cigarette Papers' which the Freedom and Justice Party’s newspaper has condemned for ‘promoting’ cigarettes
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Arts & Culture
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Film
10/9/2012 6:30:26 PM
Signapore banned a 47-minute independent movie, by first-time director Ken Kwek, claiming it "unsuitable for public exhibition"
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Arts & Culture
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Film
10/5/2012 6:42:18 PM
Amr Salama says his film script was rejected because its lead character is Coptic
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
9/27/2012 11:17:43 AM
Court upholds $2.4 million tax evasion fine against China's most famous dissident Ai Weiwei, he risks jail if he does not pay
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Books
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9/23/2012 12:38:15 PM
Algeria's culture minister says that 300 books have been banned from the 17th Algerian Book Fair because they were deemed in praise of terrorism, racism or colonialism
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/21/2012 5:01:43 PM
Salafist Muslims step up protests against 'offensive' art in Tunisia, leading local artists to fear new censorships on freedom of expression post-revolution
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/11/2012 7:28:56 PM
While artists and writers express appreciation for meeting with Egypt's President Morsi, others – from both left and right – voice opposition to event
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/6/2012 8:45:05 PM
Following recent Islamist criticisms of Egypt's film industry, President Morsi meets with artists, actors in hopes of soothing their hurt feelings
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Arts & Culture
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Film
9/5/2012 3:44:39 PM
Three films barred from Cairo International Film Festival due to their sexual themes
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World
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Region
9/1/2012 5:51:05 PM
For some Iranians, the joy of music outweighs the risks of keeping available the long list of artists banned by the government
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Books
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Arab
8/30/2012 3:45:58 PM
Website owners and journalists protest against proposed new law they claim will result in increased state censorship of the internet
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World
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Region
8/30/2012 3:44:16 PM
Tunisia's new Dar Assabah media director Lotfi Touati comes under fire after the removal of two articles criticizing his appointment in two state-owned papers
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Books
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8/29/2012 5:17:22 PM
Looking at Egypt, historian Khaled Fahmy affords a harrowing insight into the status of that most indispensable of commodities: the book
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/28/2012 10:43:29 AM
A television set with wings hovers on a wall in a murky Yangon sidestreet
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World
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Region
8/25/2012 4:36:15 PM
The head of a Tunisian TV channel denounces the issuing of an arrest warrant against him, indicating a serious sign of strained ties between the media and the Islamist-led government
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
8/19/2012 12:00:00 AM
Recent clashes between Salafists and the Tunisian art community prompted graffiti artist El-Seed to transform a religious landmark into a beacon promoting peace and freedom
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/14/2012 1:01:36 PM
The dominant Russian Orthodox Church's tough stance against the all-girl punk band Pussy Riot has troubled some faithful and estranged it from the younger generation it must foster for future growth
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Books
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Arab
8/13/2012 12:59:40 PM
Egyptian authorities have slapped an import ban on 'A History of the Modern Middle East' by eminent Canadian academics, without disclosing the reasons
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