Last week, Hani Shaker, head of the Music Professions Syndicate, announced a ban on 19 musicians, including Hamo Beka, Hassan Shakoush, and Magdi Shata — all of whom perform within the popular Mahraganat genre.
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Two performances for the opening of the 1200-seat concert hall at the New Opera House, part of the City of Arts and Culture in Cairo’s New Administrative Capital took place on 20 and 21 November
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The 14th round of the Panorama of the European Film opened on Tuesday with Roger Michell’s The Duke.
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Al-Ahram Weekly quizzed Amal Ramsis, the founding director of the Between Women Filmmakers’ Caravan, on the highlights and challenges of the last round
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Strengths and weaknesses, authority and submission... Memories of a Lord, a highlight of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival which closed last month, presented a picture of extreme power set against extreme vulnerability
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Despite the alleged solitude of artists, the death of Gazbia Sirry at the age of 96 last Thursday filled the cultural community with grief.
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Al-Ahram Weekly attended the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival press conference on Sunday.
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A new translation of memoirs by the 18th-century Syrian traveller Hanna Diyab casts fresh light on well-known tales from the Arabian Nights, writes David Tresilian
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Maisoon Sakr, Café Riche: An Eye on Egypt, Nahdet Masr, 2021, pp653
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Al-Ahram Weekly reflects on El Gouna Film Festival.
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A new exhibition draws attention to the use of papyrus as a writing material in ancient Egypt, arguing that it was the country’s single greatest invention, while a slightly older one brings together recent titles in French on the Arab Maghreb, writes David Tresilian
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Al-Ahram Weekly spoke to the Kurdish-Swedish filmmaker Hogir Hirori on the sidelines of El Gouna Film Festival.
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Al-Ahram Weekly spoke to the directors of two of El Gouna Film Festival’s highlights.
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Rania Khallaf attended Wael Nour’s latest exhibition
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Takings stock of El Gouna Film Festival’s biggest controversy this year: film Reesh (Feathers)
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Soha Hesham shares some of the highlights of the fifth El Gouna Film Festival
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Al-Ahram Weekly attended Aliaa Al-Greadi’s latest exhibition.
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Above all else, perhaps, writes Sayed Mahmoud, Expo Dubai demonstrated the power of contemporary art
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