Last week Rania Khallaf visited one of the bloodiest exhibitions ever, and wonders how beauty can be spurred out of cruelty

Dozens of children have signed up for the Damanhour Opera House's artistic activities. Al-Ahram Weekly sees what has been acheived so far, and finds that the teaching centre has been boosted by the popularity of Egypt's first opera house outside a major city, writes Rania Khallaf