Cuba Blogpost: Music Freedom Day in Cuba Egypt Ramy Essam at Beit El Rasef on Music Freedom Day 2014 » See the photos on Facebook Norway » www.radio.nrk.no/serie/jungeltelegrafen » www.radio.nrk.no/serie/spillerom/mkmr06002114/03-03-2014 The first half hour of Spillerom was dedicated to Music Freedom Day » www.facebook.com Pakistan 1) Music Freedom Day 2014 in Islamabad: …

Egypt should abolish prior censorship and allow artists to organise freely. These are two of the recommendations made by Freemuse and AFTE to the Egyptian government in a joint Universal Periodic Review submitted to the United Nations.

Dina El Wedidi, one of Egypt’s leading new artists will be performing in Oslo, Norway. Moroccan fusion rocker Réda Zine leads his band Voodoo Sound Club in a concert in Bologna, Italy, while some of Zimbabwe’s most outspoken artists enter the stage in Harare, and exiled musicians from Sudan perform …

Photos from the Music Freedom Day conference in Cairo The flyer for the event read: Music Freedom Day celebrates freedom of musical expression, and advocates awareness about the many musicians who do not enjoy such freedom. Musicians and composers rights to freedom of expression are being violated in many countries …

Poet will stay behind bars, having been sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 000 Egyptian pounds (480 euros) fine in the Military Court in Cairo.

Lawyers have dropped legal action against Egyptian actress Rania Youssef, who they accused of "inciting debauchery" for wearing a see-through dress.

  Egyptian singer Ramy Essam, who provided the soundtrack for the Arab Spring at Tahrir Square, is the winner of the 2011 Freemuse Award. The artist will receive the award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday 21 November 2011. After eight years spent trying to break into the …

Freemuse: Egyptian singer Ramy Essam is Award winner 2011     Egyptian singer Ramy Essam, who provided the soundtrack for the Arab Spring at Tahrir Square, is the winner of the 2011 Freemuse Award. The artist will receive the award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday 21 November …

A province in Egypt has banned Disney cartoon characters from schools and wants them replaced with images of military heroes.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy was sentenced to three years in jail and fined for “publishing false news” and “insulting the army” through his poetry.