Five defining literary works all published a century ago in 1925

Analysing Franz Kafka's The Trial, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer, and Ernest Hemingway's debut story collection In Our Time

Mukhlis Al-Saghir

Iran and Fight against Consciousness

Creativity is the path of awareness and cinema is one of the most prominent forms of human creativity and the most expressive of intellectual achievement in the cultural field. The visual image…

Ahmed Taher

New Movies

THE UNSTABLE OBJECT II ★★ ◆ Directed by: Daniel Eisenberg ◆ Genre: Documentary [Germany/France] ◆ Performances: Marseille Festival. This film won the Grand Prize in the International…

Mohammed Rouda

Arab Cinema Striving to Survive

Depending on the situation of the Arab market in relation to cinematographic works, the majority of Arab productions do not find their way to Arab screens - or even, in many cases, local ones, that…

Mohammed Rouda

Refined Out of Existence

It is well known that in antique times the institution of slavery was pervasive. The ancient Athenians may have invented democracy, but the voters still depended on slaves to serve the wine at the…

Bryn Haworth

Egypt Opens First Beach for Blind People

Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria has recently opened the first “beach for the blind” in the country. It aims to provide the blind with the opportunity to enjoy the sea like other members of the…

Salwa Samir

Antiquities Trade: Game of Chance is Illegal

By/Youssef al-Khatib The antiquities trade is the illegal game of chance that might either lead its perpetrator to vaults of wealth or end their careers and lives in a tragic way. With Egypt…

Another ‘Tutmania’

The museum of the “National Geographic” magazine in Washington opened in June a long-awaited exhibition, “Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience”, in another wave of American “Tutmania,” to mark…

Mohammad Ali Salih - Washington

New Movies

REDJUNGLE ★ ¨Directed by: Juan Jose Lozano ¨Genre: Animation (Switzerland, Spain)¨Screening in Annecy International Animation Film Festival There are two men called Raul Reyes. One of them…

Mohammed Rouda

“Here I am, O Allah”

Muslim and Arab nations are celebrating Eid al-Adha, may Allah return it many times with all its blessings. It is the anniversary of sacrifice, and a vivid representation of Islam’s message since…

Gamal Abd El-Maboud