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الفنانة غادة عادل، والفنان صلاح عبد الله، خلال لقطة من مسلسل فرح العمدة، المقرر عرضه خلال شهر رمضان القادم.
Hassan Abou al Ela
Amira Atef
22 May 2013
Television series producers are facing numerous challenges with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan,...
عمر التلمساني
Egypt Independent 22 May 2013
Omar Abdel Fattah Abdel Qader Mostafa al-Telmissany (4 November 1904- 22 May 1986) was the Muslim Brotherhood’s...
Fans wait to see actors from the Harry Potter films at the opening of the Warner Brothers Studio Tour- The Making of Harry Potter near Watford north London March 31, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor
 
Reuters 22 May 2013
A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has...
File photo for prominent Egyptian poet Amal Donkol (1940-1983)
Egypt Independent 21 May 2013
Amal Donkol was born in 1940 in Qalaa, a village in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena. Marking a break with most...
The Photoshopped image featuring President Hosni Mubarak.
Maha ElNabawi 25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press....
In "The Black Dot" (2010) by Egyptian author Walid Taher, a group of children triumphs over a mysterious, oppressive dot.
Steven Viney
Maha ElNabawi
Jenifer Evans
Ali Abdel Mohsen
Mai Elwakil
25 Apr 2013
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press....
The artistic duo Marion and Ghazi Frini experiment with live video projections, contemporary dance and performance as well as shadow theater in their 2012 production, "I'm Nobody's Shadow."
Image courtesy of M. Maffioli
Mai Elwakil 24 Apr 2013
As they walked out from “I’m Nobody’s Shadow” onto the streets of the ancient city of Tunis,...
The jury members, Economist Galal Amin, Lebanese critic Sobhi al-Boustani, acclaimed cartoonist Ali Ferzat, Polish professor Barbara Michalak-Pikulska, and Manchester University Professor Zahia Smail Salhi, announced the shortlist of the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction in Tunis on 9 January.
Image courtesy of Kamel Riahi
Reuters 23 Apr 2013
  LONDON — Kuwaiti author Saud Alsanousi has won the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his...
 
The film tells the story of Egyptian skateboarding through the voice of the Herrawi brothers.
Maha ElNabawi 23 Apr 2013
ALEXANDRIA — Lurking in the shadows of the many shoddy post-revolution films on Egypt lies a story not many...
Amany Aly Shawky 22 Apr 2013
Only a few months after the launch of “The Time of Beautiful Melancholy,” author Omar Taher graced his...