23 - 29 July 1998
Issue No.387
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 23 - 29 July 1998 Issue No.387 |
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Lease and let liveLawsuits may force the Ministry of Housing to amend current rent laws. Gihan Shahine reviews the situation and possible amendments |
A poet in the turret,serpents in the garden
The three-year conflict between entrepreneurs and advocates of preservation over the house where Lawrence Durrell lived in Alexandria appears to be entering its last leg, writes Hala Halim. While officials, alerted to the fate of the house by Al-Ahram Weekly's conservation campaign, are finally being made to preserve the erstwhile home of the British writer, the present owners of the property are about to obtain permits to build housing blocks on what was once the garden
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