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Grabar said last month he attended the conference partly because he is an authority on Islamic architecture, and partly to discuss a proposal by the Aga Khan to restore some Egyptian monuments. During the conference, he met with worldwide authorities and with Gehan el-Sadat, Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat's wife, who chairs a committee on the protection of Islamic monuments in Egypt...
...fierce, splendid land between Iran and India has always tempted conquerors: Genghis Khan, Tamerlane and scores of others preceded last year's Soviet invaders into Afghanistan. But the tribesmen there have proved to be as resistant as their terrain-from the desert of Nimruz, where men were once condemned to death for stealing water, to the formidable barrier of the Hindu Kush, which forms the dividing line between Southern and Central Asia. Roland Michaud, a French photographer, and his wife Sabrina spent 14 years in Afghanistan (through 1979). In Afghanistan (Vendome; unpaginated; $45), they have memorably recorded the country...
...tournament, known for producing upsets, continued the tradition this year. Sharif Khan, world champion and number one seed, fell to qualified Mark Alger of Seattle, fresh out of the junior ranks, in five games. Ahead 8-1 in the fifth and deciding game in the quarterfinal round, Khan could not sustain the momentum necessary for victory...
Well-represented in the tournament, the Khan clan maintained its omnipresence in the results of Yusuf and Aziz. Yusuf Khan beat Peter Bostwick in the Grand Masters tournament final. Aziz, loser to Desaulniers in the semis of the main draw, topped Alger for third place...
Boston Open squash tournament at Hemenway Gym. Last season's Crimson captain, Mike Desaulniers '80, will return to the site of his many superlative performances, vying for the crown against the likes of Sharif Khan and Clive Caldwell, North America's top two players...