Al-Ahram Weekly 22 - 28 July 1999 Issue No. 439
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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Khamenei

Khamenei is a study in contrasts, but his sombre face is in shadow. Narrow, like the blade of a blunt knife, it seems barely able to keep turban and beard together. Will the shadows engulf him, or will he emerge into the blaze ignited by the new revolution?

By George Bahgory