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2012 Spring Festival unveils schedule of cultural events in Egypt, Lebanon and Libya that will host some of the best contemporary artists from across the region
After having been adjourned twice, the trial of the screening of Persepolis resumes amid high security presence
Not sure what to do this weekend? Take a look at our picks, both from venues in and out of the capital, for Thursday through Sunday (19-22 April)
After cutting a cake shaped like a naked African woman, the Swedish minister of culture stirs controversy
The ministry of culture's Revolution and Culture conference, which focused on Egypt, is to close on 16 April, and they announce another upcoming conference on the history of revolutions across the Arab world
The fifth edition of Spring Festival presents a variety of artistic activities in Cairo, expanding to Alexandria, Minya and Assiut. Below is the complete programme of the festival
The small diving town of Dahab in Sinai will host the Dahab Festival for culture and water sports along with The Artists exhibition for the Sham El Nessim holidays
For secular Moroccans, a decision by the Islamist government that public television be banned from screening gambling ads and forced to broadcast the call to prayer, five times a day, is deeply worrying
Cultural activists put on Playback Theatre performances in Cairo, promote September 'Freedom Bus' ride to Palestine  
Visitors to the Dahab Festival took part in a workshop run by local resident Anja Makulik who spends her days making art out of trash thrown around the desert

As the final performances of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival take place, the audience is indulged in themes revolving around social and political issues

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, in collaboration with the British Council in Libya, opened an exhibition presenting graffiti and paintings by both international and Libyan artists

As part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Fest, a play on the morbid influence of merciless wars on psychology in the Arab World, Banafsaj, will hold it's last performance in Cairo on 9 April

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The last thing Filipino performer Celdran expected at the largest art fair in the Middle East was to be picked up by security officials, questioned, and ordered to remove political and religious references from his show


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