Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
27 Aug. - 2 Sep. 1998
Issue No.392
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Commemorations and celebrations
Fayza Hassan and photographer Khaled El-Fiqi join the throng for an evening at the moulid

Bedouins Pride and prejudice
The nomadic lifestyle of the Sinai Bedouins and their unique Bedouin heritage are intriguing to Cairenes. The cosmopolitan character of city-dwellers may be equally interesting to them -- but not attractive enough to tempt them away from their own culture. Eman Abdel-Moeti gauges the winds of change in North Sinai