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Popular singer, Hassan al-Asmar, passed away on Sunday morning, marking the end of an era characterized by the rise of…

When the shortlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is announced this December, it’s likely the six…

The minaret of the great mosque in Dalas village, in Beni Suef, is one of five remaining minarets from the…

Audience and critics alike will be surprised to find that director Yousry Nasrallah’s upcoming film, "Reem, Mahmoud and Fatima," is…

Much has been made of the technologically savvy, globally aware Egyptian twenty-somethings who have helped make social networking tools essential…

A presidential decree in 1996 ordered that the 1952 Revolutionary Command Council headquarters be turned into a museum. Unlike the…

When Iman Issa built a glittering golden cube in 2003 off a desert road in Sinai, her hope was to…

The General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) on Sunday announced the opening of the first Ramadan Book Fair. Scheduled for 5…

As Egyptians get ready for the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, TV production companies continue their annual competition for…

It is impossible not to admire Mona Prince's 2008 novel, “Inni Uhaddithuka li-Tara,” (I Speak to You so that You…