"Laughing?! They were dying"
Photos of the Intifada show children at play -- and hopeful. Nur Elmessiri looks at the photos and listens to stories from Gaza

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Edification, with style
Oula Thanawi (Secondary One), produced two years ago, was commercially released this month. Khairiya El-Bishlawi on the virtues of a survivor

FLESHING OUT THE BONES: Leonardo da Vinci is the very model of Renaissance genius. --read on--