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 ...

Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid has curated a playlist to accompany her profile in frieze Issue 257, dedicated to the Gulf region. Moving from the distinctive dembow of Jey One to the dulcet ...

Sydney Writers' Festival said in a statement it was "not in the business of cancelling or censoring writers". Randa Abdel-Fattah was removed from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up this year, leading ...

Author Randa Abdel-Fattah will feature at this year's Sydney Writers' Festival. The festival said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited last year, stating it was "not in the business of cancelling or censoring ...

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 ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian film editor Ahmed Hafez, who is best known internationally for his collaboration with Mohamed Diab on Clash and Marvel’s Moon Knight, has launched one-stop post-production company ...

Egypt's president has pardoned prominent British-Egyptian national Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has been imprisoned for the better part of the past decade after his involvement in the 2011 uprising.

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