Kalilah wa-Dimnah: Ancient Asian Folk Tales with Modern Insight
I was almost 13 years when I read some of Kalilah wa-Dimnah’s fables for the first time. Touched by the animal characters in those folk tales, I used to find an equal personification of those animals in real life. For my surprise, I learnt many years later, that the author of those imaginary stories was […]
International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva: Under the Sun of Damascus
“112 Movies, 28 Countries are available for audience in the 9th Edition of the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva from the 4th of April 2014 in a festive and friendly atmosphere. During the 10 days, Switzerland and neighboring France will travel to the heart of Orient”, announced Mr. Tahar Houchi, Artistic Director of the […]
Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian version of “Gangnam Style” is one of those songs. It is no surprise to have an Egyptian touch of the worldwide hit of singer Psy. […]
Abu Dhabi Film Festival collaborates with Martin Scorsese
Abu Dhabi-UAE: 28 September, 2014 – Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), powered by twofour54, has announced a collaboration with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation/ World Cinema Project (WCP). As part of the collaboration, two newly restored international masterworks – THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, directed by Sergei Parajanov and MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT, directed […]
Kuwaiti Drama Museum: formulating thoughts of the Gulf
Documentation of Pioneering Arts “Kuwaiti dramas played a major role in formulating thoughts and conscience of the Gulf public. It offered young generations a precise narration of what parents and grandparents did, and their struggle before the discovery of oil in order to make a living.” These were the words of the popular tradition team […]
TV director and writer, Egypt 
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