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Contents of Al Jadid Magazine, Vol. 5, no. 27, 1999 Is there an Arab Market for Fine Art?; Fairouz: A Voice, a Star, a Mystery; War Denials, Distorted History Lessons in Lebanon; and Legacies of Three Egyptian Intellectuals Transcending Death are all featured in issue no. 27 of Al Jadid. Issue no. 27 of Al Jadid is out. It features "Is there an Arab Market for Fine Art?" by Charbel Dagher; and three feature essays remembering Egyptian intellectuals: "Ali al-Rai Exits Stage: Egypt Loses the Critic Who Brought Masterpieces into Theater," by Elie Chalala; "Fathi Ghanem: a Novelist's Life Guided by Principles," by Suheir Mahfouz; and Lutfi al-Kholi: a Leftist Humanist's Legacy Spans Politics, Literature," by Judith Gabriel. In a letter from Beirut, Etel Adnan reports on "Corruption, War Denials, Distorted History Lessons." In the Music Department, Sami Asmar writes on "Fairouz: A Voice, a Star, a Mystery;" and the issue features an interview with Charbel Rouhanna on rethinking the oud by Hashem Kassem. In a travel piece Habeeb Salloum writes, "A Journey into Moorish Spain," a feature about four cities--Granada, Seville, Toledo, and Cordoba. Al Jadid's Book Reviews include "Atyaf" (Specters), by Radwa Ashour, reviewed by Samia Khalousi; "Nadia–Captive of Hope: Memoir of an Arab Woman," by Fay Afaf Kanafani, reviewed by Judith Gabriel; "THERE In the Light and the Darkness of the Self and of the Other,"by Etel Adnan, reviewed by Christopher McCabe; "Gazbia Sirry: Lust for Color," edited by Mursi Saad El-Din, reviewed by Michelle A. Marzahn; "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism," by Vincent Cornell, reviewed by William Young; "Scattered Like Seeds," by Shaw Dallal, reviewed by Kim Jensen; "Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema," by Mustafa Darwish, reviewed by Michelle A. Marzahn. Books in Brief discusses 10 titles: "Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq" (an updated version), 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 Donald Heisel; "The Zabbalin Community of Muqattam," by Elena Volpi and 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; and "Screens of Life: Critical Film Writing from the Arab World, "edited and translated by Alia Arasoughly. #### To Subscribe, please call (818)782-8462; Fax (818) 782-8535; e-mail [log in to unmask] or send all correspondence to Al Jadid Magazine, P.O. Box 24DD2, Los Angeles, CA 90024-0208. The following subscription terms apply inside the U.S. only: Annual (4 issues) subscription for individuals is $18; institutions, $40. With two-year subscription, you are entitled to 4 back issues of Al Jadid. Canadian subscribers add $8 to the annual subscription rates; all other overseas subscribers, add $12 to the annual subscription rates. Back issues incentives are available for U.S. subscribers without any additional cost; back issues are available for overseas subscribers only if they cover the shipping cost. To purchase this current issue, send a check of $4.95 plus $1 for first class mail to the above address. However, if you decide to subscribe for one-year, the current issue is yours free. To browse the contents of back issues, please visit us at www.aljadid.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%