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Culture Events: Picks for the weekend

Ahram Online recommends this weekend's best culture events (31 May–3 June), including music concerts, new art exhibitions and this month's edition of El-Fan Midan

Pro-Palestinian protesters at London's Globe Theatre, one arrest

British police say a man has been arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli national theater company at the Globe Theater in London

Deadline extended for submissions for Al-Mawred Al-Thakafy Production Awards

Production Awards Programme initiated by the culture resource, Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy, announces they are extending their deadline for submissions to 6 June

In Argentina, disused power plant is now art hub

An abandoned power plant in Buenos Aires dating back to the early 20th century has been transformed into a cultural centre, a key part of plans to revitalise the relatively poorer, southern area of Argentina's capital

Public theatres in Egypt go through a democratic transition

Employees, artists, and technicians are on the cusp of installing the next generation of post-Mubarak directors across major theatres across Egypt

Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own

Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for anti-establishment lyrics

Artists to perform street shows in downtown Cairo

Street shows, concerts and theatre performances are planned for downtown Cairo on Saturday 26 May

Algerian artists launch petition for freedom of expression

Algerian artists and intellectuals call for freedom of creativity and an end to strict controls by the culture ministry

New layer of anti-election street art on Mohamed Mahmoud Street walls

Where Cairo saw some of its toughest street battles, new art appears showcasing the mothers of the martyrs, and encouraging people not to vote in presidential elections

On whitening Egypt's walls, time and again

The role of Egypt's graffiti in the Arab Spring shortlisted for Amnesty Media Awards 2012

AUC to host Mohamed Mahmoud St. graffiti artists

PHOTO GALLERY: Graffiti on Egypt's Mohamed Mahmoud walls

Army's walls become venues for revolutionary art

Video: Shayfeencom raise awareness on electoral fraud using humour

In a new humorous short movie with voice-over actor Khalid Mansour, Shayfeencom spreads awareness on inventive ways in which elections can be rigged

Culture Events: Picks for the weekend

Not sure what to do while waiting for the announcement of the results of the presidential elections' first round this weekend (24-27 May)? Ahram Online picks the best of the rest

On whitening Egypt's walls, time and again

After the administration of the American University in Cairo vowed to keep the murals on its Tahrir campus walls, the government paints over part of them

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Anti-sexual harassment and expression groups call for art work

Harassmap, Graffiti Hareemy and Mashrou' El-Mareekh send an open call for any artwork on sexual harassment to be exhibited at Townhouse Gallery

'When I hear music, I start seeing it in my mind' says choreographer Russillo

New York-born, Paris-based, international choreographer Joseph Russillo, talks to Ahram Online about his career, how music inspires his choreography and his experience with the Cairo Opera Ballet Company

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