A promise unfulfilled
Amal Choucri Catta finds all is not as it should be

Plain Talk
It seems that poetry is receiving a boost in England.

Over the rainbow
Alfred Farag's Quixotic Ali Janah El-Tabrizi and his servant Quffah, surface at the AUC. Nehad Selaiha was there to welcome them

In progress:
Cremaster dreams
Doaa Aly, a graduate of the Fine Arts College, Cairo University, exhibited paintings in the first Nitaq, the downtown arts event, in 1999, contributing what has been described as "a three-dimensional comic strip" to the second Nitaq in 2000...

Photo caption
Mauro Frascotti, Comic Strip, Egypt: The Townhouse Gallery's exploration of contemporary cartoons continues until 26 February and includes a full programme of workshops held alongside exhibitions...

Briefs
Actor Alaa Waleieddin passed away in hospital on Tuesday, following a diabetic coma that set in on Monday..