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Quentin Tarantino has nothing on William Shakespeare – there are 74 onstage deaths in the Bard's plays, according to a…

The Egyptian novelist and critic Edward Al-Kharrat died on Tuesday at the age 89 from complications due to pneumonia. Al-Kharrat…

Avid readers will no doubt already have sampled some of the year's best-sellers. So, when searching for gift ideas for…

They may be athletes, businessmen or politicians but the minute they are jailed, Romanian convicts often morph into "men of…

Fresh details have emerged on the stage-version of Harry Potter, including the name, venue and opening date. In addition to the…

Prominent translator, art critic and leftist figure Khalil Kalfat passed away on Monday, at the age of 74. Born in 1941…

She started sniffing glue at age six to ease the hunger of life in a Brazilian slum.

The practice of watching an entire season's worth of a television series in one go has made "binge-watch" the "Word…

The first session of Tanta International Poetry Festival will be launched Friday by the Gharbiya Poetry Association for Writers and…

With only two months to go before the copyright of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" expires, debate is raging over whether the…