مَعْرِضُ صُوَرٍ يُبْرِزُ حِكَايَاتِ رُوَاةِ الْعُلَا فِي بَارِيسَ
A UNESCO photography exhibition in Paris presents 21 portraits of AlUla’s Rawis, local guides who share the oasis’s heritage through history, memories, and storytelling.
Arts and Culture
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اِفْتِتاحُ مَعْرِضِ مَخْطوطاتٍ مِكْسِيكِيَّةٍ فِي الْقاهِرَةِ
A new exhibition at the Cairo Opera House presents reproductions of Mexican Indigenous codices. The illustrated manuscripts preserve history, knowledge, and cultural memory through pictures and symbols.
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بَائِعُ كُتُبٍ حَلَبِيٌّ يَحْفَظُ ذَاكِرَةَ مَدِينَتِهِ بِمَلْيُونِ كِتَابٍ
Rizkullah Abd, a 91-year-old bookseller in Aleppo, says he has spent nearly four decades gathering about one million old and rare books. His small shop helps students, researchers, and readers find works that may no longer be available elsewhere.
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شَرِيفُ مُنِيرٍ وَهِشامُ عَبّاسٍ يُقَدِّمانِ لَيْلَةً مِنَ الذِّكْرَياتِ فِي قَلْعَةِ صَلاحِ الدِّينِ
Sherif Mounir played drums with his Nostalgia band at Cairo Citadel on August 19, followed by a set of familiar songs from Hisham Abbas. The concert formed part of the thirty-fourth Cairo Citadel music festival.
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سُوَيْسْرَا تَخْتَارُ فِلْمًا عَنْ غَزَّةَ لِسِبَاقِ الأُوسْكَارِ
Switzerland selected the documentary Who Is Still Alive as its Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film. The film gives nine Palestinians who left Gaza space to tell their stories through words, memories, and a simple floor map.
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أَلْبُومٌ أُرْدُنِيٌّ لَمْ يُنْشَرْ مِنْ قَبْلُ يَصْدُرُ بَعْدَ نَحْوِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا
Pieces of a Dream, a previously unreleased album by the Jordanian band Nechazz, is receiving its first official release on August 14, 2026. Recorded in Amman in 1988 and 1989, it preserves a little-known blend of soul, jazz, and pop.
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مَوْسِمُ مُولايَ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَمْغارَ يَخْتَتِمُ فَعالِيّاتِهِ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ
Morocco’s Moulay Abdellah Amghar Moussem closes on August 14 near El Jadida. The eight-day heritage gathering featured tbourida, music, traditional crafts, local products, and large evening audiences.
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ثُنائِيٌّ كُوَيْتِيٌّ يُقَدِّمُ مُوسِيقَى «آرابْهوب» فِي وَاشِنْطُنَ
Kuwaiti brothers Sons of Yusuf bring their Arabhop sound to Washington on August 7. Their performance connects rap, Arabic instruments, poetry, and stories of Gulf identity with the heritage of Al Sadu weaving.
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عَرْضُ فِيلْمٍ وَثَائِقِيٍّ عَنْ أَلِكْسَ عَوْدَةَ فِي مَتْحَفٍ عَرَبِيٍّ أَمْرِيكِيٍّ
The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn screened Who Killed Alex Odeh?, a documentary about the life and unsolved 1985 killing of Palestinian American teacher, poet, and activist Alex Odeh.
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تَقْرِيرٌ جَدِيدٌ يُبْرِزُ دَارَ الْفُنُونِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ فِي جُدَّةَ
A new Saudi Press Agency report highlights Jeddah’s House of Islamic Arts, which holds more than 1,000 objects from 15 centuries of Islamic art. Its collection includes manuscripts, calligraphy, coins, textiles, ceramics, and architectural pieces.
