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The Mashrabia Art Gallery brings Candinas’ art and Kazazian’s music together in a romp through international culture on Saturday, 8 October

Head of fine arts appointed by minister of culture

Emad Abou Ghazi has appointed artist and professor Salah El-Meleigy as head of the fine arts sector

Pioneer of social realism in arts in Egypt dies aged 92

The seminal Egyptian artist Mohamed Hamed Oweis died yesterday, 1 October, after a long life of artistic achievements

Nine young artists 'Raise the Stereotype' at the Ara Gallery

Exhibition in Dubai aims to challenge stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims

Piece by piece, Afghanistan reclaims its history

A dedicated band of Afghani men and women is gathering up their nation's past, hoping that a growing museum collection will show the world Afghan culture is more sophisticated than the tide of news reports suggest

Art discussions at ALMASAR Gallery

Artists to take visitors on tour of gallery and offer insights into their working methods and creative processes

Metropolitan Museum to open renovated galleries for Islamic art and culture

The grand reopening of a suite of 15 dramatic new galleries showcasing art from the Arab world, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is set for 1 November

'Nude Koran picture' causes stir in Morocco

Moroccan newspapers and bloggers outraged at a photograph of naked body adorned with Koranic verses

Mashrabia Gallery: decades of cutting edge art

Ahram Online discusses the future of art in Egypt with Mashrabia director and curator, Stefania Angarano

Syrian artist Fadi Yazigi to make UK debut

London's Mosaic Rooms will show recent paintings, reliefs, sculptures and films by Fadi Yazigi in the celebrated Syrian artist's first UK exhibition

'Meet the Artists’ at AL MASAR Gallery

AL MASAR Gallery creates a dialogue between art lovers and Egyptian artists in its ‘Meet the Artists’ event on Sunday

Collage workshop output displayed at Egypt's Darb 1718

Environmental issues and consumer culture feature in a series of collages on exhibition after a workshop given by artist Hany Rashed

Successful opening of 'A Child’s View From Gaza' exhibition despite efforts to supress it

Pro-Israel groups fail to force cancellation of Palestinian children's art exhibition

A 2-day camp in London dedicated to Egypt’s Art

London meets Cairo in The Learning Camp, as the workshop brings people from different cultures in a setting that facilitates self-expression and cross-cultural dialogue

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