Al-Ahram Weekly Online   19 - 25 May 2011
Issue No. 1048
Culture
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

A streetcar named diwan
Wa Qassa'id Ukhra (And other poems), Ahmad Shafie, Beirut: Dar an-Nahda, 2009
Reviewed by Youssef Rakha
All in the timing
Nehad Selaiha finds topical relevance in a new production of Nights of the Assassins by Cuban playwright Jose Triana at Al-Tali'a
Shamans and Sufis
Gamal Nkrumah encounters the antitheses -- sand and snow -- both staying above water in myriad forms and melodies
Guest of honour
Samir Farid sums up the greatest film event of the year
The counter choice
Last week at the Cannes Film Festival, writes Soha Hesham, the documentary 18 Days raised controversy on the Egyptian film scene
Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

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