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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 22 - 28 October 1998 Issue No.400
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Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

The Fourth National Festival for Egyptian Films
The closing ceremony of the Fourth National Festival for Egyptian Films was held on Tuesday 20 October, at Cinema Radio in Cairo, where Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni handed the awards, following a speech in which he voiced the Ministry of Culture's support for the refined art of film

Tango and buzouki
-- who's for the dance?

David Blake steps out with Moiseyev

Actor, director, poet, playwright Naguib Surur was one of the most controversial figures of his generation. On the 20th anniversary of his death Mahmoud El-Lozy assesses the legacy of his tragically short life, and we publish a translated extract from his poem Tada'iyat Al-Sukr wa'l-Daya'

Rebel with a cause

Drink Delirium

Naguib Surur and his works