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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...popular playwright whose none-too-subtle allegories on corruption infuriated Cabinet ministers in Nasser's day. Rushdi, who spent a year of postdoctoral study at the Yale School of Drama, is an artist whose plays incorporate elements of opera, dance and musicals. His latest play, Habibti Shamina (My Beloved Shamina), is an allegory based on the Song of Solomon, in which Egypt is the lover of Palestine (Shamina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat Opens the Door | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

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