Germany dismisses Egyptian claims to Nefertiti bust
BERLIN: German authorities on Monday again rebuffed Egyptian claims to the rightful…
US says copyright piracy in China still 'unacceptably high'
Copyright piracy in China remains at unacceptably high levels, causing serious harm…
Ibn Battuta on the big, big screen
For many Muslims worldwide, the name Ibn Battuta evokes a sense of…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Faint traces, low hopes for local music
There are two problems with trends: they are easily substituted and their…
YEAREND SPECIAL: The best films of 2009
For the past four years, my best-films-of-the-year list has been restricted to…
YEAREND SPECIAL: A year of adaptations in Egyptian theater
The powerful art of theater is losing its grip on the public…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian filmmaker of the year: Yousry Nasrallah
Up until not long ago, the films of Yousry Nasrallah were only…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Relative recession marks 2009 book scene
The one definite reality about Egyptian literature this year is that the…
YEAREND SPECIAL: 2009: Culture in decline
The feared perils of the economic recession hit the Egyptian culture scene…