Legacies of Three Egyptians Transcend Death
Ali al-Rai: Critic Who Brought Masterpieces to Egyptian Stage,
by Elie Chalala
Fathi Ghanim: A Novelist's Life Guided by Principles,
by Suheir Mahfouz
Author and Activist Lutfi al-Kholi's Career Spans Politics, Literature,
by Judith Gabriel

Features
Charbel Dagher, Is There an Arab Market for Fine Art?
Sami Asmar, Fairouz, a Voice, a Star, a Mystery
Habeeb Salloum, A Modern Journey into Moorish Spain

Book Reviews
Radwa Ashour's Atyaf, by Samia Kholoussi
Etel Adnan's THERE, by Christopher McCabe
Gazbia Sirry's Lust for Color, by Michelle Marzahn
Vincent Cornell's Realm of the Saint, by William Young
Shaw Dallal's Scattered Like Seeds, by Kim Jensen

Books in Brief
Kanan Makiya's Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq; Dilip Hiro's Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of Israelis and Palestinians; Elena Volpi, Doaa Abdel Motaal's The Zabbalin Community of Muqattam; Samar Attar's The House on Arnus Square; John Walter Jandora's Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook; Screens of Life: Critical Film Writing from the Arab World, edited and translated by Alia Arasoughly; The June 1967 War After Three Decades, edited by William W. Haddad, Ghada H. Talhami, and Janice J. Terry; The Days, Taha Hussein: His Autobiography in Three Parts, translated .by E. H. Paxton, Hilary Wayment, and Kenneth Cragg

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