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Professor and writer ANDRE ACIMAN, author of "Out of Egypt: A Memoir." (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The book follows ACIMAN's close-knit, flamboyant Jewish family through 50 years of residence in Alexandria. The family was forced to leave Egypt when ACIMAN was 14, during a long wave of Anti-Semitism and Arab nationalism. In –Out of Egypt,— ACIMAN explores the lives and relationships of his grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, and finally his own emotions about leaving his idyllic childhood home. His new book of essays is called False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 2/13/95) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (1:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

A report just published by the Centers for Disease control says the number of deaths from heroin overdoses has more than doubled in Seattle and Portland over the last few years. Jeff Brady from KOPB in Portland visited a local drug treatment center and filed this report.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris a convention of teachers of French language teachers is asking for help from the French government in promoting the language globally. Some teachers propose to revising French spelling and grammar rules to make the language easier to learn.

Stand-up comic MARGARET CHO. Next month a film version of her one-woman, stand up show, –Im the One That I Want,— will be released. She talks about her foray into the TV sitcom world, when she was the first Asian-American to star in her own TV show. The series, "All-American Girl" was short lived, and a nightmare for CHO. The new film of her show wont be Chos first time on the screne. For example, she is the voice of the detective in "Rugrats" and she appeared in John Woo's "Face/Off." Guest film critic Henry Sheehan reviews the new film –What Lies Beneath.—12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air, growing up Jewish in Egypt. An interview with ANDRE ACIMAN, about his memoir –Out of Egypt.— In the sixties, rising anti-semitism and anti-western feelings forced his family to flee the Egypt. He has a new book of essays called False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory. Also, we talk to comedian MARGARET CHO. A film version of her one-woman show opens next month. That and more coming up on the next Fresh Air.

NPR's Byron Henderson reports on today's report by an Army inspector general clearing commanders of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, of wrongdoing in the death of a gay private last summer. Two fellow soldiers have been convicted killing the private because of anti-gay bias. But the inspector general's report says there was no general climate of homophobia at the base, and the commanders were not to blame for the murder. The Defense Department also released a policy today that requires commanders to take action against anyone who engages in or condones anti-gay behavior.

Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Eric Weiner about the G-8 Summit that President Clinton attended in Okinawa, Japan.

Noah speaks with Jim Dale, the actor and voice behind the Harry Potter books on tape. For the latest in the series, Dale had to create 125 voices -- and unlike other books he records, he was unable to read this one through to the end. This meant he was making up voices and not always remembering when one voice sounded like another. His voices come from the famous, like John Houseman and the not so famous, like past girlfriends.

FDNY Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 lost every firefighter they sent to the World Trade Center on September 11. Firefighter John Fila was scheduled to work that day, but switched with a colleague.

Services marking the the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks being in New York.

We look at how in response to the September 11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration totally reshaped U.S. national security appartus.