Amr the "Fairy Godmother" and the Case of the Athenee Troupe from Lebanon

... Farouk Hosni wanted a Lebanese performance for the opening [of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET)] "as a show of solidarity" with the Lebanese people and the troupe's Al-Nasheed (The Anthem -- reviewed last week) was recommended and accepted. There remained one problem: the troupe could not afford the plane tickets and the regulations of the festival stipulated