Al-Ahram Weekly Online   21 - 27 August 2008
Issue No. 911
Culture
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The magician
Nehad Selaiha hails a theatrical project commemorating Yusef Idris
In the company of poetry
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
Legacies of Islam
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
Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

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