Riddle of the Formicans
Nehad Selaiha watches the Egyptian premiere of Constance Congdon's Tales of the Lost Formicans

Simplified sets
Amal Choucri Catta on a somewhat lacklustre Rossini

Divided epochs
Sonali Pahwa examines an as yet incomplete trilogy of films charting personal and political histories in modern Syria

In progress:
Musical travel
By Sonali Pahwa

Plain Talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din