A modern Isis stalks
Nehad Selaiha follows Naguib Sorour's Na'ima on her quest for Hassan's headless body at Al-Hanager

In progress: Playing it wide
Beatrice Kombe started dancing in 1989, working with Ivory Coast-based groups like Ten-20 and La Kimodo...

Plain Talk
Writers and artists, always at the spearhead of revolutions, are now giving a voice, and a resonant one at that, to the movement against war with Iraq...
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Calling cards
Hani Mustafa speaks to Palestinian filmmaker Nizar Hassan about his latest film, Ijtiyah (Invasion), which will open this week at the Creativity Centre

Nights to remember
Amal Choucri Catta cheers Cairo Ballet's latest star

Briefs
Lucy, the belly-dancer turned mainstream actress, is currently rehearsing in preparation for her first appearance on the stage of Al- Hanager..