Gudran for Art and Development, an Egyptian NGO, has been working in the Alexandrian fishing village of Al-Max since 2001. Aly El-Guindy speaks with two of the organisations 15 volunteers -- Damien, a Belgian who teaches photography in the village, and Rami Fawzi, an Egyptian/Jordanian who acts as Social Affairsa Manager -- about village life, and the role of the project in its development

by Mursi Saad El-Din

Ahmed El-Saedi was pricipal conducter of the Cairo Symphony for the best part of a decade before his acrimonious split with the Opera House. He speaks with Amal Choucri Catta about the past, present projects and future hopes

As July ends some of cinema's biggest names are sitting on the edge of their seats