A strip of sidewalk on Gouraud Street in Gemmayzeh has been a bit chaotic all week. Stacks of construction materials and men nervously dragging on cigarettes have been commonplace, right up to show time. The scene might have been a

In the first major modern architectural addition to the Louvre since its famous glass pyramid was built in the 1980s, Wednesday saw the laying of the first stone at the museum's new Arts of Islam gallery. President Nicolas Sarkozy and

Comatose Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, the eminence grise of Arabic-language cinema, has been flown back to Cairo from Paris where he underwent surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage, his nephew said on Thursday. Chahine was flown to the Maadi Military

Christie's announced that Indian art was among the key categories that had produced record sales during the period. In June, the auction of South Asian Modern, Contemporary Art realised 5.4 million pounds, the highest total for the category in London.

Ironically, the most effective voices are the two telepods, and they save the day. Whenever the telepods kick into gear, so does the music, shaking off its lethargy to rise to electrifying crescendos. They even have lines...