9 - 15 July 1998
Issue No.385
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 9 - 15 July 1998 Issue No.385 |
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| Plain talk By Mursi saad El-Din
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 Last week the whirling dervishes of Istanbul came to Cairo. David Blake reviews the performance while Nur Elmessiri brings Jalal Al-Din Rumi's poetry into the picture
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Bright lights in a dark world
David Blake beholds the lilies swaying safely past the flame |
A feather on the breath of God On the wedding night, Rumi said: Verily, I shall not quit your circle. Nur Elmessiri and others try to join in the dervish dance while Rumi, in italics, keeps his promise |
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