Intissar Abdel Fattah
Egypt’s annual drum festival to kick off with 22 participant countries
Culture
April 19, 2018
Egypt’s annual drum festival to kick off with 22 participant countries
Egypt’s Sixth Annual Drum and Heritage Arts Festival will take place between 20 and 27 April, announced Intisar Abdel-Fattah, founder…
The First Lady’s purse!
Opinion
September 11, 2017
The First Lady’s purse!
It is really regrettable to reduce a full presidential tour to the purse of the First Lady and the President’s…
Drums, folkloric art festival at Citadel starting 19 April
Art news
April 4, 2013
Drums, folkloric art festival at Citadel starting 19 April
The International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts will start in Cairo on 19 April. The seven-day festival is titled…
Samaa Sufi Music Festival closes with a mesmerizing performance
Art news
August 26, 2011
Samaa Sufi Music Festival closes with a mesmerizing performance
Thirteenth century Sufi preacher and poet Jalal Eddin al-Rumi praised Samaa - sessions devoted to listening to dhikr (which means "rememberance") music, often…