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Playwrights appeal to Sisi to release ‘Suleiman Khater’ members
Egypt

Playwrights appeal to Sisi to release ‘Suleiman Khater’ members

Theatrical artists appealed to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to release playwright Walid Atef and director Ahmed al-Garhy of a theatrical…
‘Forty Rules of Love’ play tours in Luxor, Tunisia, and Morocco
Art news

‘Forty Rules of Love’ play tours in Luxor, Tunisia, and Morocco

The Egyptian theatrical play, Forty Rules of Love, directed by Adel Hassan, will be performed in Luxor for three consecutive nights,…
Harry Potter play to open in New York in spring 2018
Art news

Harry Potter play to open in New York in spring 2018

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the smash-hit, award-winning London play about the fictional boy wizard as a grown father…
Through theater, Syrian refugees recount migration, look to Europe
Art news

Through theater, Syrian refugees recount migration, look to Europe

In a small studio in central Beirut, more than a dozen refugee women from Syria dash about barefoot as they…
Video: Shaking up Egypt’s entertainment industry
Egypt

Video: Shaking up Egypt’s entertainment industry

Courtesy of CNN's African Voices The Bussy Project, directed by theater writer and director Sondos Shabayek, is a project that was…
Fakharany’s performance yields highest revenues in state theater history
Art news

Fakharany’s performance yields highest revenues in state theater history

Yahia al-Fakharany’s performance in "Leila Men alf Leila" (One of a Thousand Nights) has garnered the highest revenue in the…
Come to the theater, ride a chandelier, play a role in show
Art news

Come to the theater, ride a chandelier, play a role in show

Aerialists descend in a giant chandelier and lift a guest back up with them, a showgirl leads an audience member…
‘Batman’ theater gunman to go on trial
Cinema/TV

‘Batman’ theater gunman to go on trial

Opening statements will finally begin Monday in the long-awaited trial of James Holmes, the allegedly crazed gunman accused of opening…
Zawya to screen movies by Dawoud Abdel Sayed 17-20 Jan
Cinema/TV

Zawya to screen movies by Dawoud Abdel Sayed 17-20 Jan

Zawya movie theater in Downtown Cairo’s Odeon Cinema will screen a retrospective of prominent Egyptian director Dawoud Abdel Sayed from…
Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif, 79, dies
Egypt

Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif, 79, dies

Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif was buried on Sunday in Alexandria a day after he died in Cairo after suffering a…
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