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Egyptian movie ‘Sheikh Jackson’ to screen in 8 Arab movie theatres
Culture
December 9, 2017
Egyptian movie ‘Sheikh Jackson’ to screen in 8 Arab movie theatres
Egyptian film Sheikh Jackson, which centers around an Islamic cleric with a secret passion for Michael Jackson, will screen in…
Abu Dhabi to acquire Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’: Christie’s
Art news
December 9, 2017
Abu Dhabi to acquire Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’: Christie’s
New-York based Christie’s auction house said on Friday Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism was acquiring Leonardo da Vinci’s…
Gouna Film Festival program: 26-29 September
Cinema/TV
September 21, 2017
Gouna Film Festival program: 26-29 September
The Red Sea resort town of Gouna is currently gearing up to be home to Egypt’s newest film festival, starting…
Egyptian artist creates portraits out of burnt tobacco
Egypt
August 14, 2017
Egyptian artist creates portraits out of burnt tobacco
In a small studio littered with empty cigarette packets in Egypt’s second city, Alexandria, Abdelrahman al-Habrouk sits hunched over a…
Tunis Village pottery shops close to object state decision to build police station
Egypt
May 21, 2017
Tunis Village pottery shops close to object state decision to build police station
Pottery shops in Tunis Village, Fayoum were closed for the first time in 30 years to protest the arbitrary demolishment…
Metropolitan Museum of Art works to rebound from money woes
Art news
May 16, 2017
Metropolitan Museum of Art works to rebound from money woes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a behemoth of culture and wealth, is rebounding from more than a year of internal…
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
Art news
May 11, 2017
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
Robert De Niro pulled a Meryl Streep at Monday night’s Chaplin Award Gala in New York. While accepting a career…
In Photos: 30 university students transform Mansoura’s city walls into extraordinary gallery
Egypt
May 1, 2017
In Photos: 30 university students transform Mansoura’s city walls into extraordinary gallery
The city walls of Mansoura were radically transformed within the space of a month into a fixed gallery of wonderful,…
Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab becomes first Arab woman to win UN prize for culture
Art news
March 31, 2017
Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab becomes first Arab woman to win UN prize for culture
Egyptian-Lebanese visual artist Bahia Shehab has become the first Arab woman to ever receive the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture for…
The art of becoming Santa
Life & Style
November 19, 2016
The art of becoming Santa
Randy Schneider has considered himself a professional Santa since 1999 when he found himself at a JCPenney store buying a…