Beneath the Monica bandwagon Nehad Selaiha watches as the commercial theatre scrapes the bottom of the Clinton/Lewinsky affair for profit
Egypt's budding youth The second round of the Nile Festival holds many a pleasant surprise. Youssef Rakha reports
Signs of sleaze Inas El-Degheidi's latest film falls down at the last hurdle, finds Khairiya El-Bishlawi	Smoked souls Bodies of affliction hurtle to their end. And David Blake enjoys

Plain talk By Mursi Saad El-Din