Nehad Selaiha hails a theatrical project commemorating Yusef Idris

Hours after the funeral of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish Arab and Egyptian poets gathered at the Al-Azhar Park's Al-Genena Theatre to commemorate the achievements of the poet, writes Rania Khallaf

The World of Islamic Art, Bernard O'Kane, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2007. pp224, illustrated; Medieval Islamic Medicine, Peter E. Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2007. pp240, 12 b/w illus

By Mursi Saad El-Din