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Oscar foreign directors not daunted by kid actors
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi named his daughter the biggest diva on set, while Polish director Agnieszka Holland revealed that child actors in her film played with rats as if they're pets
Children's film festival at end of March
Several Arab countries will participate in this year's Cairo International Children Film Festival with film submissions revolving around effects of Arab Spring
El Fan Midan is back to art on Saturday 3 March
After turning into a political rally last month, this month's El Fan Midan resumes its artistic performances in Abdeen Square
'East...West' art exhibition
A solo exhibition by artist Taha Hussein reflects on 'the cultural sense behind art and human activities,' in his East... West collection that opens on 3 March
Picasso's "Guernica" undergoes medical check at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
The iconic anti-war masterpiece will be analysed and scanned in situ for restorative purposes, as it has 'suffered a lot of movement'
Discussion on Egyptian photographic heritage to be held 27 February
Archives from the Contemporary Image Collection will be the basis for the discussion lead by a doctoral candidate from the NY Institute of Fine Arts on Egypt's photographic heritage
Call for film submissions for Malmo Arab Film Festival
Filmmakers are invited to participate in the 2nd round of the Malmo Arab Film Festival which will take place in Sweden between September and October 2012
Voices of Syria exhibition opens 11 March
On Sunday 11 March, Mashrabia Gallery will open a group exhibition of dissident Syrian artists, hoping sales will support the artists through the difficult situation at home
'The Future of Culture' seeks solution to 'identity confusion'
Participants in "The Future of Culture in Egypt conference" at El Sawy Culturewheel attack Egypt's ministry of culture 'inexcusable, weak' record and applaud El-Husseiny's reform proposals  
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    Lebanese security halt Egyptian theatre performance
    In a stroke of irony, Egyptian play, On the Importance of Being an Arab – previously performed in Egypt – is banned by Lebanon's National Security for criticising ousted Mubarak
    Benefit art exhibition in S California for Syria
    A Syrian-American artist living in Southern California pulls together an exhibition aiming to raise funds for Syria
    Artellewa Gallery: Where revolution started long before January 2011
    Artellewa Gallery is a form of revolution in itself since it opened 4 years before Egypt's revolt in a less fortunate neighbourhood, offering interactive exhibitions like the current one: Displaced
    US-funded project for children demolished in East Jerusalem
    Palestinian 'Cultural Café', playground and sports centre is to be rebuilt after Israeli forces bulldozed the East Jerusalem community space for children, say American non-profit organisations who helped fund the project

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    Shaware3na takes contemporary art to the street
    A new art project called Shaware3na (Our Street) aims to take art to metro cars and city's pavements

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    Music
    Reem Kelani's journey from occupied territories to occupied Tahrir
    Palestinian singer Reem Kelani indulges herself in research on iconic Egyptian music legend, Sayed Darwish

    A portrait of a politically-driven musician
    American musician Tao Seeger speaks to Ahram Online on music and its important role in revolutions over the course of history, following his performance on the night of the Egyptian Revolution's first anniversary last month

    Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
    Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48

    Visual Art
    Andy Warhol lives on in Egyptian contemporary art
    On the 25th anniversary of Warhol's death, Ahram Online speaks to local artists about the influence of the pop art icon on Egyptian artists

    'Scream' painting expected to top $80 mn at auction
    A version of "The Scream," one of the world's most famous paintings and an iconic image of despair, will go on sale this May in New York, where it is expected to fetch at least $80 million, Sotheby's auctioneers said Tuesday

    PHOTO GALLERY: Aswan International Sculpture Symposium
    Works in granite by artists from around the world are featured in the show


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