Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Asmahan, and Mohamed Abdel Wahab were not simply singers who appeared in films. They were, at the time, the cinema. Their voices carried the emotional weight of entire ...

“As a young Arab filmmaker myself, I wish that I had spaces like Kalam Aflam where I could show my art when I was first starting out my career.” In a region that’s scattered not only across two ...

The Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival’s Cinema industry section has announced the 10 film and doc projects from a wide range of Arab countries. These will soon be unveiled to prospective ...

Zee Entertainment Middle East has launched Zee Alwan and Zee Aflam, its popular Arabic entertainment channels, on Samsung TV Plus. Through this partnership with Samsung TV Plus, viewers in the UAE, ...

The Arabic entertainment channels Zee Alwan and Zee Aflam are now available on Samsung TV Plus for viewers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The FAST channels will broadcast a ...

Social media has become a driving force in promoting artists across the globe. Scrolling through Instagram, one can find myriad accounts showcasing young artists across the Middle East and North ...

As Egyptian and Arab artists continue to explore new mediums and voices around the world, experimenting with themes rooted in their respective local identities, one Egyptian filmmaker in France found ...

Kalam Aflam, a Paris-based association that promotes emerging Arab artists, hosted the Coming of Age multidisciplinary event on 4 May. The event featured a diverse lineup of interactive art ...

With its first release on BBC Two seeing relatively low ratings, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s creative brainchild saw success with international audiences as Al Maktab is its 12th ...

MBC Studios is behind 'Al Maktab,' the first Arabic-language version of the BBC hit comedy series, starring Saleh Abuamrh and directed by Egypt's Hisham Fathi. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent It may ...

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