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Free Tunisia, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting Tunisia's democratic aspirations, will hold a film festival in Los Angeles celebrating one year since Ben Ali's ouster
After two bloody days of military brutality against protesters, a statement by a number of politicians and intellectuals opposes the current government and demands the continuation of the revolution
Ashraf Abdel Ghaffour condemns violent dispersal of Cabinet office sit-in but won't resign from SCAF-appointed advisory council
Dissident playwright was Czechoslovakia's first democratically elected president following 1989 Velvet Revolution
The renowned graffiti artist has sawn off the face of an 18th century replica stone bust and glued on a selection of bathroom tiles in his latest statement
In "Here We Drown Algerians - October 17, 1961," aired at the Dubai International Film Festival this week, Yasmina Adi recalls an event unrecognised in school history books in France until today
On Friday 16 December, the Tunisian city Sidi Bouzid, where the Jasmine Revolution and Arab Spring started, launches a four-day festival commemorating the revolution and its martyrs
At an all-day event, Darb 1718 will celebrate some of Egypt's most popular youth bands Saturday
Egyptian band Ana Masry celebrates fourth birthday with concert at Darb 1718 bringing together a host of talented young musicians  
On 7 and 8 December, Cairo Opera Ballet Company presented Ballet Lorkiana followed by El Leila El Kebira at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall

Kindermusik is a world-renowned music education programme to develop babies and toddlers; Ahram Online visits an official representative of Kindermusik in Cairo to get the scoop on their programme and benefits

Christmas invites the opportunity for music, and also reflection with concerts taking place in Cairo

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Alwan Arab Music Ensemble to perform in New York to raise money for the Tahrir field hospital

A group of percussionists invite Cairo audiences to their show, filled with beats and high energy

Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) Cairo hosts "Hydrarchy - Transitional & Transformative Seas," an exhibition and symposium exploring the seas as socio-economic, cultural and political spaces

Gamal Meleka’s collection of spontaneous paintings capture his feelings in a blur of colour, recount Egyptian history in palpable emotion

Cairo welcomes a new player in the visual art field, a gallery situated in Zamalek and called simply The Gallery. Its opening exhibition, Collage: 100 Years On, introduces a generally unattended art form

Cultural activists and artists from the Arab world and Europe held a two-day meeting at the Goethe Institute in Cairo to discuss openings and challenges in the region's cultural scene

Former Czech president and literary figure, who died yesterday, focused on the effects of living under a totalitarian regime in his widely admired plays

The dean of the Arts Department at the University of Manouba calls on the local police to end a sit-in staged by Salafist students over segregation of sexes



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