Artificial intelligence is often discussed as though language were simply an interface. Ask a question. Receive an answer. Translate a sentence. Generate some text. But language is much more than a way of communicating with software. Language carries knowledge. History. Identity. Business. Education. Media. Culture. And increasingly, economic value. That broader idea sits at the centre of the fifth Congress of Arabic & Creative Industries, taking place on 20 September 2026 at Manarat Al

Egyptian music has always had an extraordinary ability to travel across the Arab world. Songs released in Cairo can become familiar in Beirut, Riyadh, Amman, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Generations of listeners have grown up with Egyptian film music, pop, classical Arabic songs and more recent electronic sounds. On 19 September, two very different sides of that musical tradition will meet at Space42