Al-Ahram Weekly Online   26 May - 1 June 2011
Issue No. 1049
Culture
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Fear and loathing in Tahrir Square
While Menna Taher describes the place Amal Donqol occupies in poetic consciousness, Youssef Rakha attempts a reassessment of that place
Kowarsky's Cairo
Men as models could be the fillip a forlorn urban landscape needs, indicates Australian artist Damon Kowarsky in conversation with Gamal Nkrumah
Revolution in the short term
The Kam Festival for short films presented a mixed view of the January events, writes Osama Kamal
An elephant at Cairo University
Nehad Selaiha applauds the English Department Cultural Society's choice of play for their end of year performance
Between worlds
The publication of Youssef Rakha's first novel Kitab al-Tugra : Gharaib al-Tarikh fi Madinat al-Marikh (Book of the Sultan's Seal: Strange Incidents from History in the City of Mars) coincided with the beginning of the Egyptian popular uprising on January 25...
By Mona Anis
Another day of film
Samir Farid resumes his commentary from the 64th Cannes Festival
Experiment
Ati Metwaly revisits a choir she appreciates

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