Tunisia: Oscars 2024 – Four Daughters Is a Tunisian Masterpiece – What Makes the Film Groundbreaking
[The Conversation Africa] Four Daughters is the story of a Tunisian family torn apart by an extremist Islamic group. It’s won several major documentary awards and is nominated for a Best Feature Documentary Oscar. This makes its director Kaouther Ben H…
Egypt: Sun Aligns On Ramses II Statute in ‘Rare Phenomenon’
[Egypt Online] Sun aligned Thursday morning on the statute of Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple on a rare phenomenon that happens twice a year; on February 22 and October 22.
Tunisia: Afac Launches Call for Applications for 2nd Cycle of Nacp
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — The call for applications for the second cycle of the North Africa Cultural Programme (NACP) is now open, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) said on Monday.
Tunisia: Tunisian Poet Moncef Ouhaibi Wins Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian poet and critic Moncef Ouhaibi won the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism in its third edition at the 20th Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival.
Tunisia: Kaouther Ben Hania’s ‘Four Daughters’ Screened in Six Us Cities
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature film “Four Daughters,” which has been shortlisted in two categories for the 2024 Oscars, is currently being screened in six US cities.
Tunisia: Tunisian Nacer Khemir Wins Turkey’s Necip Fazil Kisakurek Awards
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian filmmaker and artist Nacer Khmir was granted Turkey’s Necip Fazil Kisakurek Awards 2023 (international category). Ten more prizes were awarded to Turkish artists.
Egypt: World Arabic Language Day 2023
[Egypt Online] The Ministry of State for Immigration and Affairs of Egyptians Abroad organized a conference to commemorate World Arabic Language Day, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura…
Tunisia: Three Killed After Collapse of Kairouan Walls, a UNESCO Heritage Site
[allAfrica] Cape Town — The collapse of a roughly 30 metre section of the wall near Tunisia’s Gate of the Floggers around the Old City of Kairouan has resulted in the deaths of three stonemasons, BBC Africa reports. The trio were carrying out repairs …
Morocco: Deborah Kapchan On the Gnawa of Morocco
[Afropop] Deborah Kapchan is a professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and the principle voice for Afropop Worldwide’s Hip Deep program, Traveling Spirit Masters: The Gnawa of Morocco. Professor Kapchan has been doing research in Moroc…
Morocco: The Lure and Lore of Gnawa
[Afropop] The Gnawa musical healers of Morocco are a perennial fascination within the broad tableau of the Afropop story. They bring together potent themes–slavery and its legacy of displacement and diaspora, music that induces trance and even spirit …