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Al-Ahram Weekly 24 - 30 August 2000 Issue No. 496 
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
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Al-Ahram Weekly 24 - 30 August 2000 Issue No. 496
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Features Travel Living Sports Profile People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters On stage
MUSIC-lovers have an amazing variety of special events to go to this week. For starters, the world-famous Gypsy Kings will be putting on a show in Sharm Al-Sheikh on Friday night as part of the Cairo International Song Festival, which has been raging at the Cairo International Conference Centre in Madinet Nasr all this week. A total of 29 countries are competing for the best Arabic and Western songs, with prizes ranging from LE10,000 to 30,000, for the Arabic, and $5,000 to $20,000 for the Western. The opening ceremony featured an Ancient Egyptian song, written by Egyptologist Kamal Farid, called A message of love from Ancient Egypt, which was sung in Arabic, English and, for the first time ever, the Pharaonic language. For those whose musical bent leans more towards folklore, the Eleventh International Folklore Festival begins tomorrow. This year you don't even have to go to the festival's hometown of Ismailiya to catch a show, since parallel performances will also be taking place here in Cairo, at the Open Air Theatre of the Opera House. Troupes from Belarus, China, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and India are amongst those taking part.
Indian dance troupe
See Music and Dance in Listings below for complete programme
Reviewed by Rehab Saad and Reham El-Adawi
Around the galleries
AT THE Grant Gallery, off Al-Gomhouriya Square, Mansour El-Mansi exhibits his latest sculptures. Working in marble and polyester -- media which he has completely mastered -- El-Mansi reinvents the symbols of ancient Egyptian worship, from birds and animals to tokens and amulets. This exhibition works as both an exhaustive introduction to El-Mansi's work and an opportunity to catch a glimpse of his latest developments.
Reviewed by Nagwa El-Ashri
