Volume 5, No. 27 aljadid (Spring 1999)
Charbel Rouhana on Rethinking the Oud Kanafani's Feminist Sojourn into 20th Century Arab History
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Al Jadid Table of Contents
 
Features & Essays
3. Is There an Arab Market for Fine Art?
by Charbel Dagher
5. Ali al-Rai Exits Stage: Egypt Loses Critic Who Brought Masterpieces into Theater, by Elie Chalala
6. Fathi Ghanem: A Novelist's Life Guided by Principles, by Suheir Mahfouz
7. Lutfi al-Kholi: A Leftist Humanist's Legacy Spans Politics, Literature, by Judith Gabriel
Music
14. Fairouz, a Voice, a Star, a Mystery, by Sami Asmar
19. Innovations for Oud: Charbel Rouhana on Arabic Music Renewal, an interview by Hashem Kassem
Reports
28. Letter From Beirut: Corruption, War Denials, History Lessons, a report by Etel Adnan
Travel
24. A Modern Journey into Moorish Spain, by Habeeb Salloum
Book Reviews
8. Atyaf (Spectres), by Radwa Ashour Reviewed by Samia Khalousi
10. Gazbia Sirry: Lust for Color, edited by Mursi Saad El-Din, Reviewed by Michelle A. Marzahn
12. Nadia-Captive of Hope: Memoir of an Arab Woman, by Fay Afaf Kanafani Reviewed by Judith Gabriel
13. THERE In the Light and the Darkness of the Self and of the Other, by Etel Adnan Reviewed by Christopher McCabe
17. Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism, by Vincent Cornell Reviewed by William Young
18. Scattered Like Seeds, by Shaw Dallal Reviewed by Kim Jensen
Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portraint of Egyptian Cinema, by Mustafa Darwish Reviewed by Michelle A. Marzahn
Books in Brief
20. Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, by Kanan Makiya
Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of Israelis and Palestinians, by Dilip Hiro,
The Middle East and Development in a Changing World, edited by Donald Heisel
The Zabbalin Community of Muqattam, by Elena Volpi, Doaa Abdel Motaal
The House on Arnus Square, by Samar Attar
The June 1967 War After Three Decades, edited by William W. Haddad, Ghada H. Talhami, and Janice J. Terry
Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook, by John Walter Jandora
The Days, Taha Hussein: His Autobiography in Three Parts, translated by E. H. Paxton, Hilary Wayment, and Kenneth Cragg
Screens of Life: Critical Film Writing from the Arab World, edited and translated by Alia Arasoughly
 


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