Obituary: Age could never wither her
Amina Rizq (1910-2003)
By Nehad Selaiha

The other side of the river
Iraqi singer and composer Ilham Al-Madfa'i, in Cairo for a series of concerts, takes time out to speak to Amina Elbendary

Plain Talk
No one thought that an 11.4 by 9 inch painting would produce such a controversy. It all started when the Duke of Northhumberland sold "The Madonna of the Pinks", a painting by Raphael, to the Getty Museum for $35 million...
By Mursi Saad EL-Din

It ends with a tango
Amal Choucri Catta skips around the new season's musical programme