With TikTok captivating the young generation of social media users, one of its youngest devotees, Abdelrahman Ahmed Taha, has caught attention of the platform's fans. Only a few months after his first appearances on the channel, the young TikTok (...)
It's not often that names such as Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis or John Coltrane appear in town. But Cairo music lovers had a chance to experience some of the best works by jazz's greatest heavyweights at the Room Arts (...)
Canada-based Egyptian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Cherine Amr — known as Cheen — has released a new track titled Estana (Wait For Me).
With lyrics in French and a chorus in Arabic, the song is Cheen's "reflection toward immigration," she said, (...)
Last month, the Egyptian independent band Gawy made the headlines with the news that their 2015 song, Atshan Ya Zeina (I'm Yearning, Zeina) had made it to the track list of the newly released American sci-fi action film Black Widow. Directed by Cate (...)
In early July, Culture Minister Ines Abdel Dayem appointed Gamal Yakout president of the 28th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET, 14-19 December). Though this is Yakout's first time as president of Egypt's most important (...)
The supreme committee of the 28th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET) revealed the modified dates for its upcoming edition.
The 28th round of the festival will take place between 14 and 19 December 2021, changed from 7 to (...)
The supreme committee of the Theatre Without Fund Festival (TWFF) announced that its 11th edition (scheduled to take place 22-26 August) will bear the name of Egyptian artist Ashraf Zaki. The festival will take place across numerous stages in (...)
"Measure 22, once again, stress more, and again; here it goes..." Tarek Raouf holds his trumpet and leads the musicians during a rehearsal. As they get on the consecutive bars, loud sounds coming from a trumpet (Tarek Raouf), trombone (Michael (...)
An exhibition of works by Dr. Sherif Nashed took place at Ziab Bakir Hall of the Cairo Opera House, between 5 and 10 June.
Titled 'Nature', the exhibition presented Nashed's drawings on glass/mosaic in addition to a few acrylic paintings by his (...)
Egypt's website Nowhere Online Music Platform, simply known as Platform, has announced a call to all Egyptian musicians to apply for its new season of online concerts.
While offering their support in creating professional high-quality video and (...)
In a recent creative collaboration, Egyptian guitarist, oud player and composer Ali Omar El-Farouk joined hands with singer Dalia Farid Fadel to create their rendition of a song Baynee W-Baynak Ya Hallayl (Between Me and You, O Night).
The song is (...)
Renowned Lebanese singer, oud player and composer Marcel Khalife has sent a message of solidarity with the Palestinian people amid Israeli aggression on Palestinian territories.
"I am a Lebanese, Palestinian, Arab citizen: I condemn in the (...)
Internationally renowned Egyptian musician Abdo Dagher died earlier today, Egypt's Music Syndicate revealed.
Born in Tanta in 1936, Dagher began learning music on his own and playing oud at the age of seven. At the age of ten he was inspired by the (...)
"Thank you, BBC Music Magazine, for having me as your cover story in this month's edition," Egyptian soprano Fatma Said wrote on her Facebook page earlier this week.
BBC Music Magazine, a monthly publication dedicated to classical music, features (...)
"Method for exploration of social networks to derive location of employees. Targeting content to network enabled devices based upon stored profiles. System and method for inferring social influence networks from transitional data. Method of handling (...)
"I spent most of my life in theatre; more time than I ever stayed at home. In fact, theatre is my home. I wanted to share my passion with others and let the younger generation uncover riches they do not know much about..."
Thus Manal Ebrahim, (...)
Sudan will be the guest of honour of the 10th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), said organisers of the festival, scheduled for 26-31 March.
Although the preliminary choice of Sudan as guest of honour was announced in December, the (...)
"I have been so fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to meet some of the most talented people in the country. About four years ago I met Wael Farouk. I have to say there is something about the story that just continues to stay with me," (...)
Sotheby's London revealed that it will be auctioning off two works by Egyptian sculptor and modern art pioneer Mahmoud Mokhtar.
The sculptures, ‘Ibn Al-Balad' and ‘Arous Al-Nil', will participate in the upcoming ‘20th Century Art / Middle East' (...)
Under the patronage of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem and Port Said Governor Adel El-Ghadban launched the celebration of Port Said, Capital of Egyptian Culture 2021.
The extensive celebrations spanned two days, (...)
Under the patronage of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem and Port Said Governor Adel El-Ghadban launched the celebration of Port Said, the Capital of Egyptian Culture 2021.
The extensive celebrations spanned over (...)
Cairo Steps released a new video of the performance of their original composition InFerag on YouTube and Instagram on Sunday.
InFerag is one of the most recent compositions by Basem Darwisch, composed during the lockdown period due to COVID-19.
As (...)
The newly released drama Sound of Metal opens with a shirtless, bleach blond haired Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) accompanying frontwoman Lou (Olivia Cooke) on the drums during a punk-metal concert at some unspecified location in the USA. A couple, Lou (...)
In her first collaboration with DJ Totti, Egyptian well known independent singer Dina El Wedidi released a new song Ya Badr.
The music video was released on YouTube on 12 February. It is now available on Anghami, Deezer, SoundCloud, Spotify and (...)
Lebanese rising singer Carla Chamoun released a pre-recorded live concert on YouTube.
Taking place on 12 February in celebration of Valentine's Day and dubbed ‘Love and Joy', the video was released on YouTube on 13 February.
The concert features the (...)