Soup, love-story or pilgrimage -- Aswan's fourth International Sculpture Symposium has it all, depending on who is speaking. Nor does the story end simply. The symposium's closing ceremony, brilliantly engineered by Salah Mar'i, led to a totally unexpected sequel, a folk music festival organised by Gourna enthusiasts in Luxor's Land of the Dead. Youssef Rakha and photographer Randa Shaath overcome any resistance to the hardest rock
Hard rock
Roads to paradise, dubious passports
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