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The Alumni Community Theatre, ACT invites parents of children between the ages of 7 and 11 to enroll their boys and girls in a theater workshop
Nine female artists will exhibit their work at Khan Al Maghraby gallery starting 4 January
On Friday 7 January, Egyptian band Sahra will give a concert in Alexandria
On 8 January the Small Hall of the Cairo Opera House will present the Metropolitan Opera HD transmission of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
Paul Haggis, Sean Penn and Harvey Weinstein join Amnesty International to condemn harsh sentence for acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi
On 1 January 2011 at the Cairo Opera House and on 3 January at the Alexandria Opera House, Egyptian audiences will be able to watch 12 pianists presenting an outstanding visual and musical experience
R & B singer and songwriter Teena Marie, best known for the 1980s hit singles "Lovergirl" and "Ooo La La La," died at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday, according to news reports. She was 54
El Sawy Culturewheel ends 2010 with a poetic evening, 'The Street is Ours' next Thursday
Bonne Soirée is a sign of cultural decadence and duplicity in contemporary Egyptian taste. The movie is more an expose on women's bare flesh than it is about anything else.  
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Today it is 17 years since Egyptian movie star Salah Zulficar passed away. Ahram Online remembers one of the stars of Egyptian cinema

Drumroll please ... Avatar is the most pirated film of the year, according to data released by a file-sharing blog

The filmmaker discussed the depiction of the city in film in his lecture "The City, its inhabitants and cinematic practice" at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre on 19 December

678 is the first Egyptian film to explore the many dimensions of sexual harassment, but perhaps it comes several decades too late

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The Dubai International Film Festival came to a close, with Egypt receiving a decent share of awards

Cairo’s art scene in 2010 was everything the city is: busy, engaging, and refreshingly dynamic. The city played host to a plethora of art exhibitions, its galleries acting as a platform for masters and rising starts alike

In a spacious hall in the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, Futuropolis, an exhibition featuring the works of 13 artists from Egypt and abroad, tries to speculate on the future of the city through different ideas, styles and means

London's Dulwich Picture Gallery turns 200 years old in January, and the museum is in for a birthday treat with 12 masterpieces from around the world, one for every month of its anniversary year

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without The Nutcracker, a ballet set to the music of P.I. Tchaikovsky, telling a lovely story, set on Christmas Eve, about the Nutcracker and the King of Mice

Opera Miramar, based on the novel by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz and performed, once again, at the Cairo Opera House, is a step on the way to a true Egyptian opera

In celebration of their fifth anniversary, Eskenderella's upcoming concert, "Magnoon", is scheduled to take place at the River Hall at El Sawy Culturewheel on Friday 24 December 2010

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