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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/6/2023 10:37:25 AM
An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that's become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early Monday after seeing he'd won a Grammy.
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World
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Region
1/9/2023 7:42:30 PM
Saudi Arabia will not impose limits on the number of pilgrims for this year's hajj, a Saudi minister said Monday, after three years of restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/8/2023 12:26:30 PM
Laser beams illuminate a darkened restaurant turned dance hall in Cairo as revellers move to thumping beats from female DJs -- part of a generation of women shaking up Egypt's underground electronic music scene.
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Sports
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World
12/28/2022 2:06:29 PM
Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu will stay in his job after leading the Samurai Blue to the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Society
12/21/2022 3:18:54 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has cancelled the Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) at the expense of the Egyptian state for the second year in a row.
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World
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Region
12/3/2022 7:07:47 PM
Iranian film star Mitra Hajjar was arrested at her home Saturday, the reformist newspaper Shargh reported.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/23/2022 10:05:26 PM
Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu hailed a win made in the Bundesliga after his Blue Samurai stunned four-times champions Germany 2-1 in their World Cup opener on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
11/10/2022 1:11:56 PM
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/1/2022 3:57:00 PM
Saying it is one thing, but doing it is another.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
10/16/2022 1:01:47 PM
Singers, actors, sports stars _ the list goes on. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/5/2022 2:47:26 PM
Even though he has been silenced, Iranian pop singer Shirvin Hajipour's impassioned song in support of protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody remains an unofficial anthem of the movement.
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World
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Africa
8/21/2022 2:06:46 PM
The number of civilians killed in a 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/17/2022 2:19:01 PM
A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie.
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Egypt
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Society
7/12/2022 7:29:54 PM
The Ministry of Social Solidarity announced on Tuesday that the first batch of Egyptian pilgrims that were sent by NGOs is set to return to Cairo on Thursday after performing their Hajj (pilgrimage) rituals in Saudi Arabia.
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World
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Region
7/9/2022 12:39:11 PM
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the "stoning of the devil" ritual marking the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday Saturday, as a hajj pilgrimage that drew 900,000 visitors began winding down.
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World
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Region
7/8/2022 6:43:00 PM
Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers two years in a row.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
7/8/2022 6:40:00 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
7/8/2022 6:25:00 PM
For Muslims who could not afford the hajj this year, a recently launched 3D virtual visit to the Prophet’s Mosque may be a must-see substitute.
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Heritage
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Folk Arts
7/8/2022 1:03:30 PM
Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather's work adorned the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque.
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World
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Region
7/7/2022 2:30:00 PM
It is a scene that stirs hope, and relief, for Muslims around the world.
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