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Shaabi music in the limelight
El-Geneina Theatre pushes boundaries in their search for underground talents, bringing shaabi (popular) music from the streets and weddings to the stage
"Shaabi" concert at El-Geneina Theatre on Thursday
The Out of the Picture Festival will host "shaabi" (popular) music tomorrow, Thursday, 20 October
Folk: Hajj paintings in Arabic Edition
A seminar is held to celebrate the book of graffiti prints- an Upper Egyptian phenomenon
Street smart: The banker that mapped Cairo
Have you ever spent any time reading El-Maqrizi, Ibn Iyas or Ibn Taghri Birdi, completely losing your bearing in the Cairo of the tenth or thirteenth centuries?
Street Smart: Cairo's Downtown Memory project keeps the history alive
Half of Cairo's charm is in it's past, which the Downtown Memory project manages to preserve
Street Smart: The hidden jewel on Shawarbi Street
The city has a way of accommodating the past without deferring to it; scratch beneath the layers added by time and another age is there to be discovered
Commemorating Nakba: 3rd Gaza Monologues
Memoirs read by survivors of an Israeli operation against the Gaza Strip that killed 1,380 Palestinians will be read at The Gaza Monologues on 15 May
Street Smart: The Jewish alley of Old Cairo
Ahram Online visits part of Egypt’s lost heritage, the Jewish alley of Old Cairo, known as Haret El-Yahud
Folk Arts
El-Faggala: Stories never told
A new exhibition brings to life the memories of residents of the once famous El-Faggala district of Cairo
Street Smart: El-Faggala sings and tells her stories
Folk Arts: Stories of Faggala
Egypt celebrates the centennial of Youssef Al-Manyalawy (1847-1911)
Three days of discussions, workshops and concerts mark the passing of a key figure in the Egyptian music renaissance
Mamluk era arms market falls into disrepair
The once bustling Souq Al-Selah Street lies in the heart of Islamic Cairo surrounded now by piles of refuse, as it slowly decays and slips out of the collective memory
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Folk: Graffiti, Egyptian-style
Like graffiti everywhere, graffiti in Egypt - especially after the revolution - expresses something unique about society
Street Smart: Cairo 2050, Guilty by design or association?
It is perhaps one of the most detailed, sophisticated visions of Cairo’s future to have been put together in the past thirty years or so
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Indian Qawwali troupe perform Samaa Sufi Festival's closing night
The annual Ramadan Samaa Sufi Festival, which began on 15 August, will see its last performance tonight by a medley of international troupes
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