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Al-Ahram Weekly 27 May - 2 June 1999 Issue No. 431 |
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| Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Profile Living Features Travel Sports People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters Gaafar Numeiri's face is a series of thick, tense lines: nervously wrapped turban, tightly drawn features, deep, sharp marks along his cheeks. His return home after a long exile has not filled him with joy, that much is clear. He appears to me like a mask coming slowly to life -- a painful process, to be sure.
By George Bahgory