One of the Arab world's great stories gets a new lease of life

Naguib Mahfouz's 'The Thief and the Dogs' has been adapted into a graphic novel, in a compelling version that does justice to it and may take it to a younger audience

Tarek Emam

Bringing Arab Cinema to World Theatres

Saudi award-winning director Hamzah Jamjoom is preparing a film about love, co-existence, and acceptance of the other as part of Saudi Arabia’s all-out efforts to globalize Arab cinema and to help…

Al Majalla - London

For The Love of Our Children

Mothers. Women with dreams, desires, and needs. For the love of their children. Mothers. Women who decided to sacrifice their careers for their children. For the growth of their children. …

Luisa Markides

Screening Met with Support, Objection

Even though “Crimes of the Future” was met with a critical failure (the movie’s fans equal the non-fans) and even worse commercial failure, the Western media (American, British and French mainly)…

Mohammad Rouda

Naïve Art Looms At Wissa Center

Egyptian architect Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911 - 1974) once said, "I never took the young weavers to an art gallery or a museum." This saying summed up the philosophy of the art school which he founded…

Salwa Samir

Let’s “Go Bike” in Cairo

The Egyptian capital celebrates launching the country’s first bike sharing system which will be in force in July. Dubbed as “Cairo Bike,” this national venture aims to encourage people to use…

Salwa Samir

Streets of London

Someone’s life can take a sudden turn, an abrupt change in someone’s life can have a devastating impact on their future. When a life event overtakes and gets out of control and forces someone to lose…

Luisa Markides