Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
1 - 7 October 1998
Issue No.397
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Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

1952 An Egyptian Risorgimento?
Egypt, Italy, Russia. Cairo, though, is more Roman than Muscovite. Peter Gran opts for an Italian Road

Erotikon


Dumb and beautiful
Mohamed El-Assyouti is nostalgic for the world of the silent screen evoked in last week's Festival of Silent Films with Live Music
Barta
He lounged on rocks
David Blake swam with Jiri Barta through the flood tide of a perfect performance of Dvorak