In conjunction with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Cairo Opera House performs the Cleopatra ballet. The work ...

Ahram Online highlights Egypt's artistic achievements and important cultural events of August and September 2016 ...

On the genesis of hip-hop, Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons saw the genre as "from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been ...

Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) -- one of the country's most ...

It was a beautiful night for Mashrou’ Leila. Over 35,000 concertgoers showed up to see the Lebanese band and two other Arab rock groups perform at the daylong Music Park Festival in an upscale suburb ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The mostly black-clad crowd goes wild in a frenzy of slam dancing to the music of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, played by Egyptian rockers on a placid bank of the Nile river. Heavy ...

Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy. - 'Too ...

A ban was issued on a popular genre of street music. CAIRO -- Egypt's restrictions on what it deems inappropriate forms of art have reached a new height with a ban on a popular genre of street music, ...

Khan Al-Khalili on Al-Muizz Street is Cairo’s most famous souk (market), and has been trading rugs, lamps, gold, and jewelry for 600 years. Sergio Pitamitz, Robertharding/Alamy Spring: Day ...