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Life & Style
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City Lights
9/14/2023 11:59:50 AM
The new cultural season of the Russian House in Cairo opened on 12 September with Common Threads exhibition.
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Sports
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World
8/2/2023 5:17:00 PM
Gianluigi Buffon announced his retirement from football on Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on a glorious career as one of the world's greatest ever goalkeepers.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/18/2023 10:58:03 AM
Taylor Swift now has more number one albums than any other female artist in history following the recent release of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)," Billboard said Monday.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/9/2023 10:15:00 AM
Farida Fahmy, the renowned Egyptian dancer and founding member of the iconic Reda Troupe, spoke to Ahram Online on her 83rd birthday about her rich legacy in a group that has had a powerful impact on the country's cultural life and challenged prevailing stereotypes.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
5/17/2023 6:06:53 PM
Egypt's High Institute for Folk Arts celebrated Folk Games Day for the first time on Tuesday with close to 100 games, including hopscotch, pull the rope, and stick art.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/2/2023 5:36:51 PM
Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/12/2023 1:19:40 PM
Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (12-18 April) in Egypt
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Heritage
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Folk Arts
4/10/2023 10:18:00 AM
Ahram Online looks into the intangible heritage that Egyptians hold dearly during the week that leads to the ancient Egyptian celebration
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
1/21/2023 2:42:00 PM
Dean of the Higher Institute of Folk Arts Mustafa Gad explains the Coptic contributions to Egyptian life on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphany to Dina Ezzat
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/13/2023 12:26:00 PM
Egypt has expanded its Productive Families project to help Arab exhibitors showcase their authentic cultural heritage and folklore.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/4/2022 1:12:10 PM
Cuban cultural authorities have declared the musical movement known as Nueva Trova, a folk-music genre melding poetry and progressive politics, to be part of the nation's cultural heritage, the official newspaper Granma reported Saturday.
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Heritage
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Inspiring Minds
11/28/2022 1:02:15 PM
As he submitted the final maquettes (small-scale models) of Egypt's folk architecture to the soon-to-open Museum of Folk Arts, Ahram Online spoke to the master himself about the merits and grace of architecture.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/24/2022 2:44:57 PM
Hassan El-Shark died on Wednesday night at the age of 73. The crafter of his own tools and colours which he derived from nature, El-Shark gained international renown for depicting Egyptian folk art and culture.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
9/17/2022 7:20:46 PM
With Mexican traditional costumes in green white and red, and cheerful Mexican folk songs in the background, Mexican Ambassador to Egypt Jose Octavio Tripp and his wife, Adriana Macias-Tripp, hosted a celebration of the 212th anniversary of Mexico's independence at their residence in Maadi on 15 September.
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/4/2022 11:43:00 AM
Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams' last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday's schedule and set up a fourth-round showdown.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/24/2022 5:39:49 PM
Legendary Algerian music label Disco Maghreb, which launched the careers of some of the Rai folk-inspired genre's most famous stars, has seen a revival thanks to a hit song by DJ Snake.
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Life & Style
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Style
7/5/2022 11:22:02 AM
Images of traditional embroideries and floral paintings adorned the walls of Dior’s celebrity-laden runway homage to Ukraine as Paris’ four-day Couture Week kicked off Monday.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
7/2/2022 1:31:53 PM
Thursday marked the launch of Nuba Nour Troupe’s latest album titled Dessy Brama, which was held at El-Damma Theatre at the premises of El-Mastaba Centre for Egyptian Folk Music, which was founded and directed by artist Zakaria Ibrahim with the aim of reviving Egypt’s rich and unique performing arts heritage.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
5/22/2022 12:42:00 PM
Egyptian indie-folk singer Shereen Abdo and her band will be performing in a free-entry concert at the Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey (MASQ) on Saturday 28 May.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
5/19/2022 1:47:53 PM
This morning Egypt bids goodbye to an icon of folk theatre, renowned director Abdel-Rahman El-Shafaai. The director of the Nile Troupe for Traditional Instruments passed away yesterday at the age of 83.
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