Japan has granted Egypt $1.17 million to upgrade the Cairo Opera House’s infrastructure and equipment and improve its theatre efficiency. The grant was signed and announced at a press conference ...

From the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, the first of its kind in the region, to the newly constructed Royal Diriyah Opera House in Riyadh, these venues have become iconic fixtures of the Arab world.

The signing was attended by the head of the Cairo Opera House Lamia Zayed and the chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s office in Egypt Kato Ken. The agreement aims to ...