Diplomats and media industry experts shed light on “soft power” and how it can be leveraged to build national reputations and shape public awareness of contemporary international issues, as the Saudi ...

Thurs 12, 7pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show celebrates Valentine’s Day reviving concerts of late singers such as Abdel-Halim Hafez, Shadia and Fayza Ahmed who sang a number of ...

I see Umm Kulthum as something beyond art. In the world, there is art and then there is Umm Kulthum’s music,’ says Turkish singer and musician Arif Altunkaya - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Hani Al Sawah, a rap artist known as Al Darwish, has returned to Syria after 13 years to perform his political songs for the first time without the Assad dynasty in power ...

Bahraini singer Flipperachi achieves a Guinness World Record for his track Fa9la that featured in 'Dhurandhar'. The singer ...

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...

Eclectic mix of comedy, music, dance and drama on offer ...

Final at Lusail Stadium, Media City Qatar marked a defining cultural moment with the unveiling of 'Nabd Qatar' as the centerpiece of its 'Qatar SoundBeat' initiative. The premiere took place in the ...

The octet is a musical ensemble of eight, which isn’t a huge number — certainly not on a theatrical stage or for a classical chorus. Yet the octopus has just that same eight tentacles, and in horror ...

American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus Malak Gabr Arts Theatre Thurs 5, 7pm (Free and open to the public): Join us for an evening of live jazz with the Adolfo Mendonça Trio, featuring piano, ...

Elizabeth Downing, flutist; Anatole Wieck, violinist; and Marina Minken, pianist — on a musical journey through three centuries of chamber music at Hammond Hall ...

Opened in December 2025 in Beirut’s upmarket Gemmayzeh neighborhood, Smoky Note is an intimate speakeasy-style venue with low lighting, retro furnishings, and cozy booths. Jazz anchors the program, ...