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The second edition of Palestinian writer Rabai al-Madhoun's novel Al-Sayyeda Min Tal Abib (The Lady from Tel Aviv) was published…

As someone who has never played the video game (nor heard of it--gasp!), I walked into Prince of Persia with…

A reanimated Rawabet Theater, Downtown, continued its Third Annual Independent Theater Festival program last week after shutting down for almost…

What Egyptian hasn’t heard of Les Petits Chats, the band that used to rock the jeunesse doree of Egypt  (Alexandria…

The television series Lost ended its six years of airtime this Sunday on a high note. The puzzling show is…

The first question Samar Ali's English poetry collection Tannoura (Malameh Publishing House, 2008) is expected to pose is the choice…

The American University in Cairo Press has recently published Saint Theresa and Sleeping with Strangers (2010) by Bahaa Abdelmegid.  Abdelmegid…

The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law by Deborah L. Rhode (Oxford University Press, 2010)

El-Fann wa Ahwalou  (The Status of Arts) is the last book Ahmed Fouad Selim, a critic and artist, reviewed for…

“I didn’t go back to using old photography techniques," explains photographer Ahmed Rady. “I never used digital photography to begin…