Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
31 Dec. 1998 - 6 Jan. 1999
Issue No.410
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On the 42nd anniversary of the departure of Tripartite troops from Port Said, Youssef Rakha visits the city, finding songs and a garden

dancingLet me see only smiling faces
In a small, out-of-the-way café hidden between the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, Egypt sings about the life of her soul

gardenA landscape for the people
This year Eid Al-Nasr (Victory Day), the foremost national event in Port Said, commemorating one of the most impressive episodes in modern Egyptian history, witnessed two major additions to the city's landscape