The period following the 10-year life span of the Cairo Opera House could be special. Things are moving so quickly and so strangely in all theatre life that new opera is becoming part of tomorrow and not a facsimile of yesterday. It is easier now to say fare thee well to the old Ezbekiya place and its dead regime. Exciting to join the new Cairo Opera and its troupe of helpers and director to cope with this new and as yet undiscovered realm. Opera is part of theatre.
People can come in anytime to a movie but only slobs are late for a live theatre show.
I'm happy, I Sherif Sonbol, to be one of your tribe, Greek Argus the thousand-eyed. Sherif Sonbol began as a photographer with Al-Ahram Weekly almost before The Weekly was born, and he is still with it. He does change. His eyes rove the waves of change that roll across the newspaper scene. He's a quiet person.