Al-Ahram Weekly

It is 15 years since the death of Egyptian artist, poet and cartoonist Salah Jahin (b. 25 December 1930 - d. 21 April1986). To mark the occasion George Bahgory remembers, in words and drawing, the late artist and Al-Ahram Weekly offers a new translation of his poem September Tunes, written following the death of President Gamal Abdel-Nasser

Salah Jahin: Balzac holding Rodin's chisel

September tunes

Those wicked camera wielders
By Nigel Ryan

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Di and Doody meet Shakesy
Nehad Selaiha watches the Diana affair exhumed and turned into a satirical farce at Al-Hanager

Piecing the Biennale puzzle
Nur Elmessiri strolls through the Centre of Art and the Gezira Arts Centre, clutching her catalogue

Youssef Rakha seeks out Egyptian contributions to the biennale at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art --read on--

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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 26 April - 2 May 2001 Issue No.531
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