Operetta time, and Amal Choucri Catta is ready

Cairo's live music venues are slightly less thin on the ground than they were. Amr Hussein visits one of them

By Mursi Saad El-Din

Nehad Selaiha wonders how far beauty can keep company with horror

Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 911 has broken US box-office records during its opening week. But rolling back the tide of imperial politics will require more than simply piquing moral sensibilities, writes James Der Derian