Al-Ahram Weekly Online
27 Dec. 2001 - 2 Jan. 2002
Issue No.566
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A play for today
A brilliant young director, the Egyptian premiere of Brecht's The Life of Galileo: Nehad Selaiha finds things to celebrate at Al-Hanager		 Multichasing star light
By Nigel Ryan

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din


Umm Kulthoum superstar
The new Kawkab Al-Sharq Museum gives the work of Egypt's leading diva a peculiarly postmodern flavour: Youssef Rakha and Nevine El-Aref report

Briefs
The nation's home
Academic festivities
Ourselves and others
Yes Minister
Missing in action
Death of a writer
Future scholars
Children in action

Townhouse Gallery in association with the Swiss cultural fund Pro Helvetia is hosting the exhibition "Made in Egypt: Four Women -- Four Visions" featuring the work of contemporary Egyptian and Swiss photographers -- Chantal Michel, Monique Jacot, Suzanne Hafina and Heba Farid --read on--

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