Al-Ahram Weekly Online   30 November - 6 December 2006
Issue No. 822
Culture
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

In the wake of the controversy generated by Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni's suggestion that the increasing number of veiled women in Egypt was a sign of "regression", Al-Ahram Weekly asked two leading cultural commentators how they interpreted the subsequent furore
Fiddling amid the flames
By Sayyed El-Bahrawi
Uncovering the context
By Abdelwahab Elmessiri

Fugitive visions
Nehad Selaiha is bewitched and enriched by Tony Kushner's adaptation of Corneille's L'Illusion Comique in an AUC production by Frank Bradley at the Falaki Main stage
A wonderful wizard
Amal Choucri Catta tiptoes through dainty daffodils
Plain Talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

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