Season to taste The summer vacuum threatens, which given the tenor of many current exhibitions might not be a bad thing, writes Nigel Ryan
Liberation of the mind Contention, triumph and a moving statement. Youssef Rakha reviews a week in the life of the nation's cultural dynamos	Pharaohs don't talk David Blake sees white in the sky
	The National Festival for Egyptian Cinema IN THE course of the sixth round of the National Festival for Egyptian Cinema (21-27 June), 22 feature films, some of them are directorial debuts, will be screened at the Sheraton Cinema. --read on--

Plain talk By Mursi Saad El-Din