Culture

In the first part of our series "Cultivation and Control" Al-Masry Al-Youm examines the historical role of the Culture Ministry…

The jury of the 68th annual Venice Film Festival awarded Egypt’s “Tahrir 2011" - which premiered on Friday as an…

Traditionally, the Franciscan Nun School in the Upper Egyptian tourist city of Luxor, by definition an apolitical institution, has refused…

"His majesty of this God has sent the God's treasurer, the assistant and leader of the troupe, Her-Wer-Re, to the…

VENICE, Italy - The 18-day uprising that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is at the center of "Tahrir 2011," a…

Egyptian novelist and author Khairy Shalaby passed away early Friday at the age of 73. Shalaby, who penned more than…

The first Arab Book Fair opened on Thursday morning at the Cairo Opera House's Gezira Garden, with Cairo Governor Abdel…

Social alienation seems to be the keynote of Mostafa Zaki’s selection of short stories, "Mashhad Min Layl al-Qahira” (A Scene…

At first glance, there seems to be much in common between Beirut’s Mashrou’ Leila and Cairo’s Wust el-Balad - they’re…

The representation of the life story of al-Hassan and al-Hussein, Prophet Mohamed’s grandsons and sons of his cousin and son-in-law,…