Mohamed Abdel Wahab, born in Cairo’s Bab El Sha’riya in 1904, was more than a singer and composer—he was a bridge between eras. Defying his family’s wishes, he chased his passion in humble theaters, ...

Renowned Egyptian composer and pianist Omar Khairat will perform at Royal Albert Hall in a special one-night-only concert ...

The Cairo Opera House has opened the Mohamed Abdel Wahab Museum and the Musical Instruments Museum to the public free of charge from March 8th to 12th, 2026. The initiative takes place at the Arabic ...

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“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. America has officially been in ...

Everyone knows it’s hard to get college students to do the reading—remember books? But the attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word. Professors are now finding that they can’t even get ...

While President Donald Trump is pushing Americans to see his wife’s documentary “Melania” which premieres this week, the Library of Congress is reminding us that the country’s cinematic history is ...

Abdel M. Agami, 85, passed away peacefully at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on January 6, 2026. He was born on July 13, 1940, in Alexandria, Egypt. A lifelong scholar and educator, Abdel ...

The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

The latest film from director Paul Thomas Anderson follows Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ageing hippie hero and a relic of a fictional noughties brigade, the French 75. Led by his lover Perfidia ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rob Reiner was born into the lineage of comedy thanks to his father, television pioneer Carl Reiner, and he first ...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2025. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable ...