At the start of a new season, Ati Metwaly thinks about the Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Nevine El-Aref is swept away by the potent voices of religious chanters

The 68th Venice International Film Festival (31 August-10 September), writes Samir Farid from Venice, opened with The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney...

Up in the air, Nehad Selaiha has a wonderful theatrical experience

Messages from Tahrir: Signs from Egypt's Revolution, ed. Karima Khalil, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2011