Al-Ahram Weekly

Books? What books...
Syrian and Lebanese books destined for the Cairo International Book Fair have been mysteriously detained at Damiette. Amina Elbendary meets with some puzzled publishers

Forlorn musing
How engaging is the book fair's fringe scene? Youssef Rakha spends a day finding out

Cairo International Book Fair has been extended to the end of this week. Seminar programmes were not available at time of going to press

Lost in space
By Nigel Ryan

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

Theatre
And the rest is silence
Nehad Selaiha finds bitter laughter at the Gumhuriya Theatre

Briefs

Serious music
Egyptian spleandours
Jerusalem tales
Glorious revival
Sufi tunes
Songs of laughter
Belated honour
Omani screens
Folk icon

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 31 Jan. - 6 Feb. 2002 Issue No.571
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