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The Texas Arabs
In 2014, over 40 contemporary Arab artists will showcase work addressing aesthetic and societal questions about modern Arab culture at a major photography and visual art festival in Texas
Art Alert: High on Body Fat, acoustic show at Photopia
The satirical band High on Body Fat will perform at Photopia this Thursday
Dubai Jazz Festival to start in February
The international Dubai Jazz Festival will take place on 14-22 February, featuring 'A' list musicians including OneRepublic and Deep Purple
An operetta on the Prophet Muhammad to be released
Fifty Arab artists have joined to bring together the operetta "Innocence, O Messenger of God" in Amman, Jordan -- to be released soon over television
Egypt's Farghali Abdel-Hafiz holds solo exhibition in Dubai
Artist Farghali Abdel-Hafiz exhibits a collection of paintings entitled ‘Past and Present Encounter’ this month at Dubai’s Lawrie Shabibi gallery
Turkish painter Burhan Dogancay passes away at 83
The international Turkish artist Burhan Dogancay dies at 83 of an undisclosed illness yesterday Tuesday 15 January
Iran to make own movie to counter 'distorted' Argo
Ben Affleck's Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated Argo, which chronicles a 1979 hostage situation in Tehran, has been banned in Iran and accused of manipulating history, as Iranian filmmakers plan riposte
War in Iraq captured at new art exhibition in UK
Iraqi artist Satta Hashem captures through painting the experience of ten years of conflict at New Art Exchange Gallery in Nottingham
Stage & Street
Children around the world in Ard El-Lewa
An exciting workshop dubbed Safarni takes the children of Ard El-Lewa to a new country twice a month through games, visual aids and meeting people from the country in the art space Artellewa
Artellewa calls on artists to engage with local community in upcoming project
Artellewa Gallery: Where revolution started long before January 2011
Culture Events: Picks for the Weekend
Trying to decide how to spend your weekend? Take a look at these suggestions, handpicked by our arts and culture team, for events in Cairo from Thursday through Sunday (10-13 January)
(VIDEO) Townhouse workshop series: Art and revolution
Townhouse celebrates the end of a two-year workshop series that led participants to produce short films about sexual harassment, a dictionary of revolutionary terms, write short stories, and deconstruct pop-culture symbols
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VIDEO: Salafist TV host says Bassem Youssef should wear niqab
Islamist journalist says satirical TV show host Bassem Youssef should wear a full-face veil since he is 'prettier' than some actresses; Youssef's retort on Twitter drips with funny sarcasm
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Artists and Islamists going head-to-head
Egypt's political Islamisation this year led to several conflicts between artists and Islamists through the media, in courts - and on the street
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Egypt artists' march for free expression ends with Tahrir concert
Several cultural coalitions, along with independent artists and thinkers march to Tahrir Square for freedom of expression and against the referendum on the constitution
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Music
Soprano Christine Moore brings Arab world music to Lincoln Centre
Ahead of Saturday's Arab world music concert in New York, Ahram Online hears from American soprano Christine Moore her own background with Arab music, heritage and composers
Young Afghan musicians to tour US
Teenage cellist Fakira will be performing alongside the Afghan Youth Orchestra's 12-day U.S. tour starting 3 February that will "show a different Afghanistan"
Iraq virtuoso Naseer Shamma to return to troubled homeland
After many years in exile, becoming one of the stars of the Egyptian music scene, Iraqi oud virtuoso considers moving home
Visual Art
Between art and activism: Inji Efflatoun’s life revisited
The Safarkhan Gallery pays tribute to a key figure in modern Egyptian art history, reviving rebel and artist Inji Efflatoun (1924-1989) in the January show, "A Life in Struggle"
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El Sawy Culturewheel to display 'censored' cartoons of Morsi
Cairo's most prominent cultural centre says it will display caricatures of President Morsi and Islamists, denies they were censored to please Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists
Art Agenda: January 2013 Exhibitions
For art fans, Ahram Online prepares a guide of visual art exhibitions showing in Cairo this January
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