A ban was issued on a popular genre of street music. CAIRO -- Egypt's restrictions on what it deems inappropriate forms of art have reached a new height with a ban on a popular genre of street music, ...

Once the epicentre of music in the Arabic-speaking world, Egypt finds it increasingly hard to meet the financial needs of its local musicians, who are looking to the Gulf states for more lucrative ...

In conjunction with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Cairo Opera House performs the Cleopatra ballet. The work ...

It was a beautiful night for Mashrou’ Leila. Over 35,000 concertgoers showed up to see the Lebanese band and two other Arab rock groups perform at the daylong Music Park Festival in an upscale suburb ...

Egypt will mark its first Egyptian Music Day on Monday, 15 September, with more than 100 events across 80 venues in Cairo and other governorates. The day also commemorates the death anniversary of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light. Music producer ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The mostly black-clad crowd goes wild in a frenzy of slam dancing to the music of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, played by Egyptian rockers on a placid bank of the Nile river. Heavy ...

Reporting from Cairo — It’s not often that Egyptian music fans get to see big international rock stars perform on their soil. So there are some hopes that an upcoming appearance by the Red Hot Chili ...

Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) -- one of the country's most ...