An industry overview
The Seventh Euro-Arab Book Fair provided a professional rendez-vous for European and Arab publishers, while giving the European public a window onto publishing in the Arab world, reports David Tresilian from Paris

In progress: Healthy scenes
On graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Mohamed Refaat, now 31 years of age, found employment as a physician in the Radio and Television Union, where he still practises...
By Youssef Rakha

Plain Talk
I've never been an avid cinema goer and always preferred theatre though I think I have seen my fair share of good films...
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Matrix undone
Matrix Reloaded, at least for now, is being kept out of Egyptian cinemas, reports Amina Elbendary

Continuing discoveries
Amal Choucri Catta talks with Amira Selim, one of the most distinctive voices to have emerged in Cairo for decades

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The Spanish film week opens on Tuesday with Benito Zombrano's Solas, with the director himself in attendance.