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Culture Events: Picks for the Weekend

Not sure what to do this weekend? With the weather starting to cool down there is a lot to do in Cairo and Alexandria. Check out Ahram Online culture team’s picks for 1-4 November

Iranian opposition channel launched in London

A businessman opposed to the Iranian regime launched a new television channel in London on Thursday 25 October, aimed at "promoting democracy and freedom" in the Middle Eastern state

Egyptian circus comes to Gaza - minus lions and ladies

Hamas government in Gaza asks Egyptian circus to abide by Gazan 'traditions'

Egyptian cultural delegation to visit Tehran soon

Egypt is to send a cultural delegation to Tehran to create a cultural dialogue between both countries.

Culture Events: Picks for the Weekend

Not sure what to do this weekend? Ahram Online compiles a list of recommended cultural events for all tastes and interests (18-21 October) in Cairo and beyond.

Arab performers boycott Austrian oriental arts festival

Arab artists will boycott the Salam.Orient festival in Vienna because of the Israeli embassy's sponsorship of the event

Theft at Dutch museum housing Picasso, Van Gogh: police

Several paintings by major artists including Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Gauguin were stolen during a night-time break-in

Art Alert: CirCairo show at El Falaki Theatre on Sunday and Monday

The French Circus Group performance will take place on Sunday 14 and Monday 15 October at El-Falaki Theatre downtown

Social change reaches Alexandria through the arts

For more than a decade, the Alexandria-based Gudran Association for Arts and Development has pursued social transformation through artistic projects and support for local culture

Oufuky Music Festival takes a horizontal approach to music in Alexandria

Baghdad's first theatre festival to feature Egyptian revolutionary play

Egyptian Al-Tali'a troupe travels to Iraq to perform 'Night of the Assassins' in the capital city’s first festival celebrating Arab theatre

From krump to contemporary, dancers channel Africa

Dancers from six African nations put on a high-energy dance piece inviting audiences to look through their window into contemporary Africa

Circus festival ends with fabulous closing night

International Circus Festival wrapped up a month of performances with a wonderful show at Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park on Saturday

Hanaa Abdel-Fattah, Egyptian theatre director and critic, dies at 68

On Friday morning, Hanaa Abdel-Fattah, who devoted his life to the theatrical arts and promoted cross-cultural dialogue between Egypt and Poland, passed away after a long fight with cancer

VIDEO: Grassroots Romeo - story of Bahiya according to The Knights of the Orient for Heritage

Between 7 and 10 October, Al-Gomhuriya Theatre hosted Bahiya, a ballet where the axes of traditional Egyptian and contemporary Western dance intersect. The performance will be staged again in Alexandria at the end of this month

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