Set away from the UAE’s major cities with their crisp paved roads and marvelous skyscrapers, Nawaf al-Janahi’s second feature-length film “Sea Shadow” (2011) presents some of the less known stories of life in the Emirates....
It’s difficult times for the organizers of the 35th Cairo International Film Festival, which will showcase 125 films from 66 countries over the next week. The festival opens tonight at the Cairo Opera House, honoring Egyptian sweethearts...
Photos were the most dramatic element of Wednesday's newspapers, which focused on otherwise expected reporting of the anti-constitutional declaration protests that drew crowds evoking the 25 January revolution that toppled former President Hosni...
KILIS, Turkey — The colorful balloons Egyptian activist Moushira Saleh gave Mohamed last week were among the few things that brought him joy. He was about to temporarily leave the Kilis refugee camp on the Turkish border as the family...
In the second part of our review of the Institut d’Egypte, Egypt Independent is focusing on the restoration of its building, which was swiftly undertaken by the Arab Contractors under the guidance of Egypt’s former military council. The...
The country's constitution authors top newspaper headlines for the second day, as evidenced by Al-Shorouk’s "The Constituent Assembly survived drowning." Most papers lead with stories about the administrative court decision to...
General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Culture Saeed Tawfiq is leading the third round of reform discussions to be introduced to the institution.
“We are trying to make the council achieve the mission it was originally established for,...
Concerned about copyrights and regulating publishing, the Egyptian Publishers Association has put together a document envisioned to be a reference for the judiciary on cases where there is no contract between publishers and authors.
On Sunday, 20...
The doctors' strike is the only event highlighted in all of Tuesday's newspapers. Freedom and Justice, the daily published by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, reports on the announcement of some citizens and nursing staff who...
After several days of protests over a film about Prophet Mohamed deemed insulting, Monday’s newspapers moved to social and economic protests after the Tahrir Square and US Embassy areas were cleared and several strikes started.
Al-Watan...