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10 - 16 August 2000
Issue No. 494
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Etiquette for breaching
E W Lane Esq.Harim Mohamed Ali Pasha: Rasa'il Min Al-Qahira (1842-1846) (Mohamed Ali Pasha's Harem: Letters from Cairo [1842-1846], Sophia Lane-Poole, original title: The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo, written during a Residence there in 1842, 3, & 4; second British edition including letters from the year 1846), introduced and translated by Azza Karrara. Cairo: Sotour Publications, 1999. pp335
The Pharaoh's ShadowAncient lore
The Pharaoh's Shadow: Travels in Ancient and Modern Egypt, Anthony Sattin, London: Victor Gollancz, 2000. pp234

A matter of no interest
By Youssef Rakha

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Abla

Illustrations courtesy of International Commitee of the Red Cross
"Folk drawings and tales", Cairo, 1996

Worth fighting for
Freedom of Publication and Expression in Egypt: Cultural, Legal and Administrative Constraints Abdel Khaleq Farouq, Dar Al Kalima, Cairo pp. 221

Traveller's talesTravellers' tales
Sexual Encounters in the Middle East, Derek Hopwood, London: Ithaca Press, 2000. pp308

An Egyptian duplicity
Ashiaa Matwiya Bi'inaya Faiqa [Things folded with extreme care], Hamdi Abu Golail, Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organisation (Kitabat Jadida Series), 2000. pp107

At a glance
A shorthand guide to the month compiled by Mahmoud El-Wardani

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