Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist and political activist, was born 100 years ago, and France is celebrating with a major retrospective in Paris, writes David Tresilian

Amal Choucri Catta hails the freedom fighters

Samir Grais tells Rania Khallaf about translating novelist Elfriede Jelinek's The Piano Player, the novel said to have earned her the 2004 Nobel award for literature

Canadian star Bryan Adams took the Egyptian public by storm. Colette Kinsella wishes for her soirée gown

By Mursi Saad El-Din