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From Bamako to Cape Town at Paris Photo fair
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Colloquial Egyptian culture at the turn of the century
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Tutankhamun center stage at Frankfurt’s ‘Festival of Egyptian Culture’
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European Film Panorama returns with new challenges and films
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Natural history of New France published 335 years on
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Leonardo DiCaprio becomes J. Edgar Hoover on film
The Leonardo DiCaprio sitting inside an empty soundstage on the Warner Bros.…
Renowned Syrian theater actors flee to Egypt
BEIRUT: Two Syrian theater actors known for their plays mocking authority headed…
9 writers, 6 actors, 1 huge topic: gay marriage
By Mark Kennedy / AP It sounded like an impossible task: Write a…
Misr International Films forays into independent cinema
If you have never stepped into the world of the late great…
Egypt’s ‘Freedom Story’ in the making
Revolutions have a way of sticking with you – emotions run high,…