Hunting the slipper David Blake sings happy birthday
	Sound of silence Youssef Rakha toggles sicknesses and cures

A tentative qualification Of the sixth National Festival for Egyptian Cinema's 15 awards, announced on Thursday, Oula Thanawi received two, Al-Abwab Al-Moghlaqa six and Gannet Al-Shayatin an astounding seven. Three remarkable films -- but how remarkable? Mustafa Darwish takes issue with the top runner

Arab elsewhere Egypt is the star of the current 5th Biennale of Arab Cinemas, write David Tersilisan from Paris The Biennale at a glance

Plain talk By Mursi Saad El-Din