A bookish affair?
Youssef Rakha expects nothing special

From Frankfurt to Cairo
The Cairo International Book Fair will provide the opening shot in promoting Arabic literature at the larger Frankfurt event, discovers Sonali Pahwa

Plain Talk
It is not often that I write about a book in this column, but a recent publication by Tharwat Okasha so impressed me I feel bound to introduce readers to it...
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Defining moments
Samia Nkrumah speaks to the organisers of the first Ramallah International Film Festival

Fandangos and more
Amal Choucri Catta tours the Spanish provinces