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Latina pop star Shakira is scheduled to perform in Egypt on 13 January after the concert dates were postponed several…

“Shoot and make us the last cowardly generation [in Egypt],” begins the two-hour  “Tahrir Monologues." In the performance — it…

In the US and UK, the word “translation” is often an instant buzz-kill for publishers. Most consider translation synonymous with…

On Thursday afternoon, artists continued to flock to the Palace of the Arts at the Opera House grounds, eager to…

The 20th Arab Music Festival and Conference opened Friday evening at the Cairo Opera House with a dramatic pageant of…

Armenian Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hasmik Poghosyan said Thursday that the United States' decision to stop contributing to…

The Dead Sea Scrolls were fated to a controversial place in history. After being secreted away in a cave, supposedly…

The archaeological site of Abu Mena, an early Christian sanctuary south of Alexandria, might be added back to the UNESCO…

The last three films — “H-Dabbour,” 2008; “Fly,” 2009; and “No Retreat, No Surrender: The Bloody Fist,” 2010 — starring…

A local act to look out for is El Zabaleen, a seven-piece band formed in April 2010. Their unique instrumentation…