Nehad Selaiha deplores the quality of entries in the fifth annual Independent Theatre Festival at Al-Sawy

Rania Khallaf shrinks along with Ferkesh

Horses play an important cultural role in Arab societies, but it is their past links to military magnificence that are stressed in a current exhibition, writes David Tresilian

Hani Mustafa demystifies the phenomenon that is Mohamed Saad

By Mursi Saad El-Din