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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/5/2024 9:42:38 PM
Semsemeya music instrument crafting and playing and Henna-centred rituals, aesthetics, and social practices were enlisted yesterday on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity of UNESCO.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/20/2024 7:38:48 PM
Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week, 20 - 27 November 2024, in Cairo, Alexandria, and Fayoum.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/29/2024 2:34:32 PM
Twenty-two troupes from Egypt, the Arab world, and the international scene will participate in the 24th Ismailia International Folklore Festival (1-7 October).
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/21/2024 2:57:45 PM
The second edition of the New Alamein Festival welcomed two folkloric troupes, Folklorita and Banat El-Sira, on the Roman Theatre stage last Friday.
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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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Heritage
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Walks
5/1/2024 5:36:00 PM
Sham El-Nessim has been celebrated by Egyptians since ancient times, regardless of religious background or social status. Ahram Online republishes this short history of the holiday
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Heritage
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Photo Heritage
3/21/2024 4:13:00 PM
On 21 March 1956, Egypt celebrated it's first National Mother’s day
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/20/2024 4:47:55 PM
Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week (21-27 February 2024) in Cairo.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/10/2023 11:05:58 AM
An exhibition by pioneer architecture and tutor Essam Safi El-Din traces Egypt's folk architecture.
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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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