Al-Ahram Weekly

9 - 15 August 2007
Issue No. 857
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Whatever happened to Galal Amin

A sheikh, an economist and a century of political turmoil: Youssef Rakha gets into the autobiography of Galal Amin

Good old ladies

Columnist Safinaz Kazem -- once a leftist, now an Islamist, always a feminist -- has put together a fascinating miscellany. Rania Khallaf takes a look

Chahine forever

At yet another festival, Samir Farid keeps an eye on Egypt's best-known auteur

Of Eros, Thanatos and all they shared

The death of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni within 24 hours of each other marks the end of modernism, argues Mohamed El-Assyouti

Plain Talk

By Mursi Saad El-Din