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The 5th annual opening ceremony of the Fayoum Art Center will take place on 4 February
Polish composer Frederic Chopin, a master of Romantic music, may have been epileptic
On 31 January, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi, will perform arias from the best-known operas beloved by audiences
A four-day film festival will screen short films by emerging filmmakers as well as films that have gained international recognition
The Malian guitarist Habib Koité will be performing in Cairo
A rare collection of acrylic and gouache paintings opens at Zamalek Art gallery
Artist Jason de Caires Taylor has created underwater sculptures that encourage coral growth on the sea bed off the coast of Cancun
The Tache Art Gallery is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition with a retrospective show of the work of internationally-acclaimed Egyptian artist Huda Lutfi
Egyptian actors Khaled Al Nabawy and Hanaa Abdel Fattah star alongside Naomi Watts and Sean Penn in Doug Liman’s Fair Game  
Many celebrities joined citizens in the protests that took place on 25 January. They are pleased by the outcome even though some have been arrested and others beaten

Geld Hay (Living Skin) is a gripping 52-minute documentary that follows the child labourers working in the tanneries

Ahram Online explores the limitations that alternative filmmakers face

Few films in recent times have incorporated Egypt's copts. A closer look at the representation of Christians in Egyptian films finds them wanting

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El Watar only proves that artistic standards are not enough to uphold the quality of a film if it’s devoid of essence

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Sherwet Shafei, owner of the reputable Safarkhan gallery located in Cairo’s glamorous art hub Zamalek, talks to Ahram Online about her journey along many remarkable Egyptian artists

Georges Bahgoury exhibits paintings bursting with life at Al Masar gallery in Zamalek. Communicating through fervent colour, his canvases do not simply impress, but induce an edge-of-seat attentiveness

Determined to bring Egyptian art to the world, Tache Art wants to revolutionise art galleries in Egypt and aims to educate and serve the entire art scene

Spiros C. Moros Foundation held a musical event with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, a number of soloists and the Cairo Celebration Choir performing music by Toni Moros

Situated at the Cairo Opera House grounds in Zamalek, the Music Library is not well-known to the majority of the public. Ahram Online visited the library and discovered the challenges that this cultural institution faces

On a mellow evening of fine tunes and poetry recitals, El Sharea band, gave a performance that alternated between sweet nostalgia, irony and sarcasm along with words of bitterness and despair

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