Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
24 - 30 September 1998
Issue No.396
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map

Cairo University THESE HALLOWED HALLS, quiet for most of the summer, are ringing once again with the voices of thousands of students. Professors have barely had a moment's respite, having spent the past months marking a deluge of end-of-term papers. Now they are gearing up for the new academic year. As for the students, they have the usual problems on their minds: what courses to take, what books to read, what research topics to choose... and where to sit. Overcrowding has long been a problem, but this year it is more acute than ever

photo: Randa Shaath

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