Arts & Culture

Egypt's famous Korba Festival 2011 postponed

Due to security and 'governmental issues,' The Employer announces, last-minute, that their famous Korba Festival will be postponed

Facebook campaign wants to cancel Shakira's concert in Cairo

Egyptian Facebook campaigns are requesting the ban of the international pop star Shakira from performing in Cairo as scheduled

Eftekasat to perform at Opera House on Wednesday

Ex-wife of Egyptian dissident poet blogs her discontent with the movie Al Fagoumy based on his life

Safinaz Kazem, ex-wife of Ahmed Foad Negm, and poet and critic is furious at his depiction in the biopic Al Fagoumy, currently showing in cinemas

Eskenderella band joins Al Fan Midan

The first Saturday of July, Al Fan Midan (Art is a Square) will features a concert by Eskenderella

Aly Refaat wins the Nile Award for arts

The Higher Council of Culture announced the names of the state awards recipients yesterday

'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dead at 83

Strong Flamenco emotion x3

Maria Juncal’s Flamenco show brings out the strongest emotions in a three-part act, “bitter like life,” “smooth like death” and ‘sweet like love’ for the last night at the Alexandria Opera House 24 June

Stage & Street

Changes faces of the Egyptian circus

Ahram Online explores the backstage conditions of the Egyptian circus and the family at the center of this art

The Whole World is a Circus

Shubbak festival to celebrate modern Arab culture in London

Between 4 and 24 July, London will host “Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture” the city's first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world

Making sense of María Juncal Flamenco performance

Many times people leave a Flamenco performance without understanding why they are so emotionally charged, so here Ahram Online demystifies Flamenco via an analysis of Maria Juncal’s show at the Alexandria and Cairo opera houses

No Time for Art reflects upon unjust military trials

No Time for Art, subtitled in Arabic "A Salute to the Martyrs and the Living," directed by Laila Soliman, will play at the Rawabet Theatre inclusive of Friday, 24 June

Libya: A Different Perspective

A 4-day event held at El Sawy Culturewheel aims to show the talents of Libyans in a manner the general public has not been accustomed to

Egyptian Arts Centennial: From Cairo to Alexandria

'Egyptian Arts Centennial', directed by Walid Aouni, recaptured a hundred years of Egyptian contemporary art at the Cairo Opera House main hall on 15 and 16 June, and will be performed again in Alexandria on 27 and 28 June

Film

Remembering the 'Cinderella' of the Egyptian screen

It's been ten years since the mysterious death of Egyptian cinema icon Soad Hosny (1943-2001), who left behind a legacy of over 90 films

Karasy Geld highlighs impending issues along the Suez

A documentary film screened on Saturday, 11 June at the Cinema Culture Centre sheds light on growing problems for the residents of Suez and Ismailiya

Sarkhet Namla tries too hard to be blunt

Sarkhet Namla tackles too many issues, forcing them into a storyline that in the end results in a film about everything and nothing

Visual Art

Before and after the revolution, by Dawestashy

The Extra Gallery in Zamalek is displaying Esmat Dawestashy's artistic works before and after the Egyptian revolution

Two new exhibitions open at Mahmoud Mokhtar museum

The Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center exhibits new work by artists Wafaa Nashashibi and Rania El Hakim, and photographer Magdy Hanna

Art: A ray of forgotten sun in Egypt’s schools

The student art exhibition at the British International School in Cairo offers inspiring hope that art education is not completely forgotten in schools in Egypt

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