ISSUE
Nine!
October 2005
The Oddventures of Haflatoun (new series)
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Haflata: Talking drivel
Aflatoun: Plato
Haflatoun: Drivelling Plato
Episode IV –
A candle in the
political wind
“Apathy is like an olive tree. It symbolises a
peace of sorts, it grows in relatively arid political climes, its roots run deep,
it bends with the wind and it is damn difficult to mobilise. Ask me, I had my
shoulder against the trunk of popular indifference for the duration of the
presidential elections in Egypt and would it move? Would it budge even a centimetre?” Read on
Episode
III –
Haflatoun
needs your vote
Caught between mild delusion and total
confusion, Haflatoun abandons the cushioned comfort of an Athenian ‘soul
asylum’ (aka psychiatric hospital) and the profound Pandora to return to Cairo
and become the Political Apathy Party’s presidential candidate. Read on
Episode II –
Major Saga in Guantanamo
Just as he is about to embark on an intrepid
quest for the Olympic torch, Haflatoun lands in Guantanamo – rather than Athens
– where Socratic irony and a Major Saga save his skin. Read on
Episode I –
An Olympic torch
Haflatoun is back and, caught between delusion
and general confusion, he resumes his quest on the path to wisdom. In this episode, the self-declared
philosopher prince accepts a mission to Athens in search of an old flame. Read on
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