Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

The smell of gardenias
The liberation of south Lebanon has meant more than the end of an occupation. For Randa Shaath, it has meant a return to the land of her childhood, and the recovery of memories long gone -- in images and words

Variations on light and shadow
From the very beginning, Egypt seemed a natural subject for camera buffs. Its monuments and landscape may be among the most photographed in the world. Yet while today's techniques have often allowed the reproduction of "timeless" images that could have been shot a century ago, one man is experimenting with the methods of his forerunners -- and revealing just how alive the past still is. Fayza Hassan meets Christian Langtvet