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The Venice film festival opens on Wednesday, September 1st, with "Black Swan", Directed by Darren Aronofsky, a dark psychological drama starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina who finally lands the lead role but

Call for the “Hassan Fathi Architectural Award” 20...

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria) and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) organizes the “Hassan Fathy Award for Architecture” and Hassan Fathy symposium, in collaboration with the Architecture Committee of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Cult

"Critical attitudes from our Heritage" - A new Pu...

Sultan Bin Al Owais Cultural Foundation in Dubai recently issued a new book that belongs to the "Winners" Series. The author of the new book

Naguib Mahfouz’s “The Dreams”: Short Films

Celebrating 10 years on the inauguration of the Arts Center in 2001, which coincides with the centenary of the birth of Prominent

A writer from the U.A.E wins a literary award in t...

Author Services, Inc., US, has selected the Emirati writer "Dr. Salem Humaid", senior manager of cultural affairs department in The Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, as the culture person

Odysseus was truth and not fiction!

A team of archaeologists has claimed the tale is anchored in truth - and that they have discovered his home on the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian sea off the north-west coast of Greece.

15 officials barred from traveling out of Egypt fo...

Egypt's Prosecutor General barred 15 of the officials of the ministry of Culture in Egypt from leaving the country until the investigation into the theft of Van-Gogh Painting is complete. Mohsen Sha'alan

Lebanese poet Shawqi Baze wins Souq Okaz award

The award founder, The Emir of Mecca "Khaled Al-Faisal", announced in a press conference that was especially held in Jeddah for this purpose that the Lebanese poet "Shawqi Baze"

A second course by "Muhtaref – How to write a no...

"Muhtaref – How to write a novel" in Beirut, established and managed by Novelist Najwa Barakat, announced that they have started accepting applications for their second course from all Arab countries

Algerian Intellectuals Demand Lift of Ban on Egypt...

A number of Algerian intellectuals in Algeria, Europe and North America signed a petition asking that the ban imposed on Egyptian books in the upcoming international book fair to be held in the Algerian capital in October should be lifted

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