Culture

Last night, Tunisian actress Hend Sabri was appointed ambassador against hunger by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Monday, 11 January saw the opening of sculptor Salah Eddin Abdel Rahman’s solo exhibition at the Easel and Camera Contemporary…

As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of luminary poet Amal Donqul, he is remembered by his friend.I first saw Amal…

Amid the historic monuments and towering minarets lining the streets of Islamic Cairo stands Beit el-Shaer (The Poet's House), the…

Twenty-six caricaturists came together last week to give a satirical visual narrative of 2009. Recurring themes included the war on…

Director Osama Fawzy’s latest offering, “Bel alwan el tabi’iya” (In True Colors), about a young art student warring with the…

Fatima Abdullah has only 1001 nights until she dies. Nobody has told her that exactly; the slightly senile 85-year-old Lebanese…

The story of Jesus and the Holy Family's flight to Egypt is to be reproduced in a new film titled…

Number 19, Mohamed Ali el-Easary Street in Ard-El-Lewa (northwest of Giza) is home to what must be the smallest contemporary…

The Cultural Festival of the city of Granada awarded Tariq Ali awarded the Granadillo 2010 for his novels known as…