Culture
Arab culture in the hands of a pro Israeli
CAIRO - The recent partnership between media magnate Rupert Murdoch and the Saudi Al-Walid Bin Talal has angered Egyptian cultural circles who fear that a part of Arab and Egyptian heritage fall into the hands of an avowed partisan of Israel.
Theater: Shahrazad on stage
Algiers- The play "Shahrazad, the lady of ladies", presented Monday night at Mahieddine-Bachtarzi National Theater in Algiers, was like a showdown between two persons bordering on hostility but none of them could do without the other. ...
1st "Tamanasset" cultural festival in In-Amenas
ILLIZI (Algeria)- The first "Tamanasset" (traditional cup of water in Tifinagh) music and dance festival, kicked off Saturday at the sports complex of In-Amenas ...
Yasmina Khadra: "the Algerians are crazy"
"I am a Mujahid (resistant), I respect people but I attack with violence those who attack me" ...
Mali / French hostage: the ultimatum from Al-Qaeda has expired
BAMAKO - The ultimatum from Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Pierre Camatte French hostage kidnapped in late November in the north-eastern Mali, expired on Saturday without any indication being given of the intentions of his captors. ...
Ghaza Four Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire
Ghaza - At least four Palestinians were wounded, two seriously, on Saturday morning in the southern Ghaza strip during exchanges of fire with Israeli forces, according to Palestinian emergency services. ...
USA: a pilot hurls his plane against a building in Texas
AUSTIN (United States) - An American deliberately precipitated Thursday his small aircraft into a building housing a tax services office in Texas (south), having apparently set fire to his home and left a suicide message on Internet....
Egyptology in ebullition
CAIRO - Experts in Egyptology eagerly await the announcement Wednesday of the results of DNA analysis of the mummy of Tutankhamun, some hoping for a scientific and historical breakthrough, others pointing to the difficulties and limitations of the exercise. ...
Iran: the U.S. plan to introduce sanctions this month at the UN
WASHINGTON - The United States is working to introduce sanctions against Iran "this month" at the UN, said on Sunday National security adviser for President Barack Obama, General James Jones. ...
Bernard-Henri Lévy trapped by a literary hoax
French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy has admitted being trapped, in mentioning in one of his last books, the work of a certain Jean-Baptiste Botul, fictional writer created by a journalist of a satirical weekly. ...
Yemen: 15 years in prison for Yahya al-Houthi, brother of the rebel leader
SANAA - A court in Sanaa condemned on Saturday to 15 years in prison Yahia al-Houthi, brother of the head of the Zaidi rebels fighting the army in northern Yemen, for "participation in an armed terrorist group". ...
Morocco: Weekly Journal under seal
RABAT - The premises of the weekly Journal (JH, independent) were sealed Wednesday after a decision by a Moroccan court, according to the publication headquartered in Casablanca....
"Avatar" has sunk the "Titanic"
LOS ANGELES - "Avatar", the fresco of science-fiction 3D, by Canadian James Cameron became the biggest success of all history of cinema, engulfing the record of "Titanic" by the same director. ...
The world celebrates Chopin 200 years after his birth
PARIS - The world of music has set the year 2010 under the sign of Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), who had two countries (Poland and France) but a single kingdom: the piano, he remains the master of the most beloved specialists and public, 200 years after his birth. ...
London Science Museum pays tribute to Muslim scholars
LONDON – Mapping the world, water pump or even solar system cardiovascular functions: a museum of London honours since Thursday Muslim scientists. ...
“Super Nanny” of M6, is dead
PARIS - The TV host of Tunisian origin Cathy Kalthoum-Sarraï, star of a reality show of the French channel M6, "Super Nanny", to assist parents in educating their children, died of cancer at the age of 47 years, announced Wednesday the channel....
The original manuscript of Newton's apple on internet
LONDON - The manuscript that describes the circumstances in which the English scientist Isaac Newton discovered the universal law of gravity - in observing a falling apple - was posted online Monday by the Royal Society. ...
James Cameron won the Golden Globe for best director for "Avatar"
BEVERLY HILLS (USA) - Canadian director James Cameron has won Sunday night the prize for best director for "Avatar" at the 67th Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills (California, West). ...
In the footsteps of Camus
PARIS - French and Algerians have decided to go all the traces of the writer Albert Camus in his beloved native Algeria, where he creates pride but politics incomprehension, 50 years after his death. ...
"Avatar" heads the box office in North America
LOS ANGELES - "Avatar", the sci-fi super production tinged of Ecology, by James Cameron has kept heading at the box office in North America this weekend, cumulating in a month more than 430 million dollars in revenue according to figures of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. ...
Surrealist Bekhti exhibits in Algiers
Algiers- an exhibition by surrealist painter Bekhti Abderrahmane, a self-taught artist, was inaugurated Wednesday evening at the cyber-gallery of Algiers. ...
Octopus stuns scientists
SYDNEY – Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal....
Arab World Institute in Paris: Tribute to Kateb Yacine
Paris (France)- The Arab World Institute (IMA) organized Wednesday an evening dedicated to the Algerian poet and playwright Kateb Yacine, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death. ...
Algerian cinema out of the shadows
MARSEILLE - Algerian cinema, virtually disappeared from the screens during the 1990s due to the explosion of violence in recent years knows a revival, as evidenced by the multitude of films and documentaries presented in Marseille (south-east France)....
Malika, Miss France 2010
Miss Normandy, Malika Menard, 22, was elected Saturday night in Nice Miss France 2010 before Miss Rhône-Alpes who has been designated “first runner.”...
Marseille: Algerian cinema, from its origins until today
MARSEILLE (France) - Forty Algerian films are programmed in Marseille (south-east France) from 1 to 6 December by the Association ‘Aflam,’ with the goal of discovering the cinema of that country and make discover its history....
Doha Tribeca Film Festival
DOHA - U.S. actor Robert De Niro presented Sunday night "audience award" to a Palestinian film and a documentary of Qatar at the end of the first edition of the "Doha Tribeca Film Festival. ...
Opening of the 14th International Book Fair of Algiers
ALGIERS - The 14th International Book Fair of Algiers (SILA), a landmark event of the Algerian culture that celebrates this year the French philosopher Francis Jeanson, was inaugurated Tuesday October 27, 2009 by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. ...
Mostra de Valencia: "Harragas" wins Golden Palm
(Spain)- "Harragas," a movie directed by Algerian Merzak Allouache, has won the Golden Palm of the 30th film festival Mostra de Valence (Spain), the event's panel of judges has announced. ...
International Festival of Comics in Algiers
Algiers- The 2nd International Festival of Comics (FIBDA), organized under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, from October 14 to 18, as the "Bay of Algiers Bubbles" opened Wednesday night at Ryad El Feth (Algiers). ...
Coppola and Ang Lee at Beirut International Film festival
BEIRUT - Francis Ford Coppola, American director for multiple Oscars, and Taiwanese Ang Lee are the main stars at the 2009 edition of the International Film festival of Beirut (BIIF) which hosts from Thursday's Films from all over the world. ...
Nobel Literature, Assia Djebar and Adonis in the running
STOCKHOLM - The poetry may be in the spotlight this year in Stockholm and receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, which escapes the kind since 1996, say Swedish literary circles a few days of the announcement. ...
Filming of "Inspector Llob", written by Yasmina Khadra
BOUIRA (Algeria)- Filming of outside shots of the new movie by director Bachir Draiss "Inspector Llob" began in Bouira (122 east of Algiers). ...
Khaled, King of Raï : They tried to destroy me as they did with Mami
Algiers- The King of Rai Khaled tells in this interview about his relations with Morocco and denies all the statements that were attributed to him in the press. ...
last image of the assassination of Hasni
Algiers- It was impossible for us to get in touch with the director Messaoud Laïb to learn more about the leak of DVD copies of the film "Hasni, the last song" which coincided with the 15th anniversary of the death of the artist....
Tartuffe in Constantine
"Tartuffe", the famous play by Moliere, is the latest production of the regional theatre of Constantine (431-km east of Algiers) and attracted as usual a large audience on Tuesday. ...
Lebanon : Religious tourism
Bechouat (Lebanon) - "She healed Christians and Muslims and her miracles have given life in the region." She is Our Lady of Bechouat and her sanctuary, a model in multiconfessionel Lebanon seeking to develop religious tourism. ...
Egypt: soap opera to boost patriotism
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities are trying to revive the flame of patriotism in the country through soaps on the Arab-Israeli conflict, but do not convince many viewers who see a way to forget the difficulties of everyday life. ...
Arab TV stations rely on Ramadan
CAIRO - The Arab television stations rely on the explosion of the number of TV series during the period of Ramadan to offset losses from the financial crisis, but the dissipation of resources deployed cringe those who want the faithful to focus on prayer. ...