View from the top
There is nothing wrong with entertainment, believes Hani Metawie, head of Al-Beit Al-Fanni lil Masrah. And nothing wrong with the state theatre sector that a little restructuring can't cure, he tells Youssef Rakha

Dancing wet spot of colour
By Nigel Ryan

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Agatha Christie in Iraq
"How much I have loved that part of the world": an exhibition on Dame Agatha Christie's life in the Middle East reveals an intriguing involvement, writes David Tresilian from London