With Wole Soyinka

By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid  I first heard the name Wole Soyinka forty-one years ago, while completing my military service in the Research and Translation Department at a military facility in Egypt.…

The Makhmalbaf Family… A Cinematic Institution

The deteriorating conditions of the peoples in the Middle East have always concerned the cinematic family of Mohsen Makhmalbaf. His wife, the distinguished director Marzieh Meshkini, has presented notable films…