Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

In the desert stillness of Egypt's Wadi El-Hitan, a group of stargazers kneeled on the cooling Fayoum sands as Mohammed Hassan's green laser sliced through the ink-black sky to illuminate the glowing ...

Everything starts, and keeps going, with people. People who wake up every day with a fire to inspire, to move, to create, to ...

Every January I try to escape Britain's gloom for sun and wine that doesn't cost £8 a glass. I convince my long-suffering ...

Cut back to Christmas 2024 when, fuelled by mulled wine and poor judgement, I was doom-scrolling and found a deal that made ...

Diva: From Umm Kulthum to Dalida, showing at Beirut’s Sursock Museum, celebrates legendary singers, actresses and dancers ...

Accordion music filled the main square of Slovenia's capital on Friday (December 26) as musicians and supporters rallied ...

Ahmed Bahaa, best known as the frontman of Egypt’s long-running band Sharmoofers, steps outside the group framework with the release of his hip-hop single ‘Sahran Bleil’, featuring rapper and producer ...

Spotify has revealed its list of the Top Middle East and North Africa artists and songs globally for 2025, spotlighting how music from the region continues to travel across the world. Shaped by ...

“ Train Dreams ” composer Bryce Dessner is set to present a special live-to-picture performance of the film on Jan. 8 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Dessner’s score will be performed by the ...

To be fair, Kulthum was as close to royalty as a singer could get in a culture where women in the arts were still rare.

My ship is the newly-launched 146-passenger Bahareya (which means “belongs to the river” in Arabic) and is TUI River Cruises’ second Nile vessel. Starting in Luxor and making stops in Kom Ombo, Aswan ...