اِكْتِشَافُ مَقْبَرَةٍ هَرَمِيَّةٍ وَقَصِيدَةٍ يُونَانِيَّةٍ فِي وَاحَةِ الدَّاخِلَةِ
A Roman-era tomb in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis contains a 19-line poem in ancient Greek, alongside Egyptian hieroglyphs, pottery and a bronze coin.
Arts and Culture
-
-
الشَّارِقَةُ تُكَرِّمُ فَائِزِينَ بِجَائِزَةِ التُّرَاثِ الثَّقَافِيِّ
Sharjah honored winners of its international cultural heritage award, including ICESCO, two researchers from Oman, and Moroccan storyteller Hafida Hamoud.
-
مَسْرَحُ الْحَمْرَاءِ يَعُودُ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ فِي دِمَشْقَ
Damascus’s Al-Hamra Theatre reopened on September 19, 2026, after about nine months of restoration. The theatre has resumed performances as cultural spaces return to use across Syria.
-
وَيْجْزُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَيُغَيِّرُ كَلِمَاتِ أُغْنِيَتِهِ
Egyptian rapper Wegz said he had not known that a phrase in his song “Moqatel” came from a prophetic hadith. He said he would change the lyrics after asking about its use in a song.
-
رِوَايَةُ «الْمُنْصَرِمُونَ» التُّونِسِيَّةُ تَفُوزُ بِجَائِزَةِ خَالِدِ خَلِيفَةَ
Tunisian writer Imad Ali Qeida has won the 2026 Khaled Khalifa Novel Award for his first unpublished novel, “Al-Munsarimun.” The novel links nineteenth-century Tunisia with life after the revolution in Nabeul.
-
لُبْنَانُ يُعِيدُ سَبْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ قِطْعَةً أَثَرِيَّةً إِلَى مِصْرَ
Lebanon returned 37 Egyptian artifacts that were seized in Beirut in 2020. The collection will be examined and restored in Egypt before its display locations are decided.
-
يُوسُفُ الشَّابِّيُّ يَنالُ دَعْمَيْنِ لِفِيلْمِهِ «بَلاء» فِي فِينيسْيا
Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s feature-film project Plague received support for colour correction and digital-cinema production at Final Cut in Venice. The assistance will help the Tunisian co-production move closer to release.
-
أَصَالَةُ نَصْرِي تُطْلِقُ «الْأَلْبُومَ السُّورِيَّ»
Syrian singer Assala Nasri has released “The Syrian Album,” a collection of fourteen folk songs representing different Syrian governorates. The album presents familiar heritage songs with new musical arrangements.
-
سَانْتْ لِيفَانْتْ يُؤَجِّلُ جَوْلَتَهُ فِي أَمْرِيكَا الشَّمَالِيَّةِ
Palestinian-Algerian musician Saint Levant has moved his North American tour to spring 2027 after additional checks were requested for his US visa application. The rescheduled tour will begin in Ottawa on March 19, 2027.
-
تَسْلِيمُ قِطَعٍ مِنْ تَوَابِيتَ رُومانِيَّةٍ إِلى لُبْنانَ
The FBI handed three Roman-era lead sarcophagus fragments to Lebanese representatives in New York before their planned return to Lebanon. The pieces are believed to have been taken illegally from the Tyre area.
