Culture
Lebanon : Religious tourism
Bechouat (Lebanon) - "She healed Christians and Muslims and her miracles have given life in the region." She is Our Lady of Bechouat and her sanctuary, a model in multiconfessionel Lebanon seeking to develop religious tourism.
Egypt: soap opera to boost patriotism
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities are trying to revive the flame of patriotism in the country through soaps on the Arab-Israeli conflict, but do not convince many viewers who see a way to forget the difficulties of everyday life. ...
Arab TV stations rely on Ramadan
CAIRO - The Arab television stations rely on the explosion of the number of TV series during the period of Ramadan to offset losses from the financial crisis, but the dissipation of resources deployed cringe those who want the faithful to focus on prayer. ...
“Kurdish Shakira” shakes customs
Erbil (Iraq) - With her pop rhythms, her provocative and swaying hips plunging necklines, Dashni Mourad, nicknamed "Kurdish Shakira” is the new musical phenomenon that upsets conservative morals in Iraqi Kurdistan. ...
Yahoo to acquire Arabic portal Maktoob
WASHINGTON - U.S. Internet group Yahoo! said Tuesday it has reached an agreement to acquire the Arabic portal Maktoob a platform claiming more than 16.5 million users. ...
Diana Haddad enchanted the audience at Djemila Festival
SETIF (Algeria)– Lebanese star Diana Haddad charmed the audience on Friday, the final evening of 5th Djemila Arab festival. ...
Katchou: Aures nightingale won’t sing any more
BATNA (Algeria)- the national art scene, particularly in the Aures is in mourning after the sudden death Wednesday after a traffic accident of the star of Chaoui music Ali Nasri, nicknamed Katchou who has left behind him a work composed of 14 albums inspired all from the local musical heritage. ...
Cinema: The Price of Freedom
Algiers- The movie "price of liberty" written by Hocine Nader and directed by Youcef Bouchouchi has been screened Tuesday in ABC cinema in a special session for national press. ...Death of Tarzagh Benomar, the famous Tuareg artist
Algiers- Tarzagh Benomar, one of the senior artists of Imzad music of Tassili n'Adjer (southern Algeria) is died at the age of 84, a source from the Culture ministry said on Sunday. ...
Algeria: Kickoff of the 2nd Pan-African Festival
ALGIERS- The 2nd Pan-African festival opened Saturday in Algiers for 15 days of events dedicated to Africa and its cultures. ...
Cheb Mami sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
Bobigny (France) - The French-Algerian Raï star Cheb Mami, 42, was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison in France ...
Morocco: An Israeli Magazine removed from sale
RABAT- The Moroccan Ministry of Communication has ordered Friday the immediate withdrawal from the national market of the monthly ...Israel Magazine,... ...
Mami arrested in Paris
PARIS- The French-Algerian singer Cheb Mami, who must respond before the French court of an attempted forced abortion on his former companion, was arrested Monday when he arrived in Orly airport, south of Paris, according to a judicial source. ...
Gad Elmaleh, a former Israeli soldier
BEIRUT- The French humorist Gad Elmaleh cancelled a tour in Lebanon after being caught in a controversy over his links with Israel...
Othmane Bali: The Desert Bluesman
Othmane Bali, the master of Tuareg music and King of Tindi, died in 2005 swept away by Djanet river floods will not partake with his family in the 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival. ...
Cheb Mami, the ...Prince of Rai... out of the spotlight
ALGIERS- The ...Prince of Rai..., Cheb Mami, whose trial for (allegedly) forced abortion attempted of his former French girlfriend opens Thursday in Bobigny...
Michael Jackson, the 'King of Pop,' dies at age 50
LOS ANGELES ... Michael Jackson, defined in equal parts as the world's greatest entertainer and perhaps its most enigmatic figure, was about to attempt one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Then his life was cut shockingly ... and so far, mysteriously ... short....
Gnaoua, African rhythms and jazz in ...Essaouira...
RABAT - Jazz and African rhythms back to the dawn of time will be once again in honour from 25 to 28 June in ...Essaouira... (south) at the 12th edition of Gnawa and World Music Festival. ...
African cultural institutions: The continent...s art diversity
Many cultural institutions have been created in Africa to reveal wealth and diversity of the continent culture. ...
Algiers, Africa Culture Capital
ALGIERS- Forty years after, Algiers will play host to the second Pan-African Cultural Festival, from 5 to 20 July...
Algeria ready to host 2nd Pan-African
ALGIERS- Culture Minister Khalida Toumi stressed Saturday that Algeria was "all set" to host the second Pan-African Festival (Panaf), due to be held from 5 to 20 July 2009. ...
03 Algerian films at 9th Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM (The Netherlands)- Algerian cinema is taking part, with three productions, in the 9th edition of the Arab Film Festival being held in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) since June 10, and which will run until Sunday, a diplomatic source said on Saturday. ...
Algerian music at the Arab World Institute
Algerian Musics have an important place in the program of the 10th edition of the Festival of music organised by the Arab World Institute (June 12-20) in Paris, with the singer Houria Aichi, from the ...Aurès,... or singers Bouteldja Belkacem and Boutaïba S'Ghir, Raï legends. ...
Haifa Wahbi to take legal action against Al Azhar
Haifa Wahbi may take a legal action against Al Azhar Scholars Board ASB, who called her a whore....
Asala, soon as an actress
We will soon see Asala as an actress and TV presenter. Talking to MBC...s El Donia Ghenwa Life is a Song show, the Syrian leading singer said a movie to be directed by her husband, Tareq El Erian, will also be her acting debut. ...
Tunisia: eclectic festival of Jazz and Tarab
Mixing jazz, classical and Arab music was the challenge of ...Musicians of Tunisia,... an event dedicated to the creation and whose third edition ended Sunday in Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis. ...
Hidayat Nur: Islam is not opposed to democracy
President of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nur Wahid underlined Saturday in Algiers that Islam is not opposed to democracy and those who advocate liberty and pluralism in various fields. ...
2nd International Calligraphy Festival in Algiers: 24 countries will take part
Artists from 24 countries will participate, along with national artists, on the 2nd International Calligraphy Festival to be held in Algiers from 28 May to 4 June 2009, according to Mr. Mustapha Belkahla, commissioner of the festival. ...
Martine Le Coz talks about her 'meeting' with Emir Abdelkader
The human and spiritual qualities of Emir Abdelkader were highlighted by the French writer Martine Le Coz, who has written a book under the title ...The Garden of the East... in which she mentioned his imprisonment in the castle of Amboise (France) between 1848 and 1852. ...
Zaatcha battle or the "beheaded" insurrection
The national seminar on the "Zaatcha epic," organized recently in Biskra (425 km southwest of Algiers), has wrapped up with a surprising request, as the participants have demanded from France the "restitution of the skulls of three resistance heroes," beheaded during the revolt of Zaatcha, 160 years ago, and whose heads would have been transferred to Paris during that period. ...
Morocco: 30,000 fans charmed by Warda El Djazairia
The greatest singer in the Arab world today, Warda El Djazairia, 'Algerian Rose..., has received the homage of some 30,000 spectators on Saturday night in Rabat on the occasion of the 8th edition of the music festival ...Mawazine.... ...
Paris Pays Tribute To Moufdi Zakaria
The participants in the round-table organized Thursday evening at France's National Library (Paris) in tribute to Moufdi Zakaria highlighted the Maghreb and universal dimension of the works of the bard of 1st November 1954 Revolution. ...
Fella not needed in Kuwait
Bad luck seems to continue following the Algerian star Fella Ababsa with her new ...Khaledji album... she has completed recently. This has raised a series of failures and problems. ...
Algeria: the 10th European cultural festival
The dialogue between cultures is the basis of the 10th European Cultural Festival, which opens Sunday in Algeria, during which a hundred of artists from sixteen countries will take place in Algiers, Constantine and Tlemcem, on traditional rhythms, jazz and flamenco. ...
Cannes: Iranian Bahman Ghobadi open selection ...Un Certain Regard...
The film 'We know nothing of Persian cats' by Iranian Bahman Ghobadi open programming ...Un Certain Regard... which is part of the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24), Monday announced its organizers. ...
Cheb Hasni: The last song
The feature length film "Cheb Hasni: The last song," recounting the life and career of singer Hasni, was premiered Thursday evening at the Zinet movie theatre of Ryad el-Feth (Algiers), in the presence of filmmaker Laïb Messaoud. ...
Tunis 27th Book Fair
Algeria is taking part with 23 publishing houses at Tunis 27th International Book Fair, which was inaugurated Friday by Abderraouf Basti, Tunisia's Minister of Culture and Heritage Preservation. ...
Beirut: World Book Capital for 2009
Beirut became Saturday the World Book Capital for 2009, running under the Unesco cultural activities in the presence of senior leaders. ...
"Words, pains" in Abderrahmane Amalou...s verses
Communication among human beings and the importance of the verb are the mainstream themes of the poems collection entitled "the words, the pains" of Abderrahmane Amalou, which has just been published by "Editions Nounou". ...
