Notes from Avignon
Is the Avignon Festival a carnival, a commercial enterprise, a forum for 'good' theatre or a bit of everything, asks Nehad Selaiha

In progress: Searching beauty
Based on an interview by Amal Choucri Catta

Plain Talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Fatma reborn
The print of Umm Kulthoum's classic film, Fatma, has been restored by Funun, The Egyptian Company for Arts and Publishing.
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Obituary:
Atef Salem (1927-2002)
Egyptian filmmaker Atef Salem died on 30 July. Salem was born on 23 July, 1927 in Sudan, where his father was serving as an officer in the Egyptian Army.
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Fragments out of time
By Nigel Ryan

Briefs
Compiled by Amina Elbendary