Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
17 - 23 December 1998
Issue No.408
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map

Pot

Pourri
Hot chocolate
By Fayza Hassan

Restaurants
The weather doesn't matter
Tarek Atia saunters down to the riverside
SufraDayma
By Moushira Abdel-Malek
Orzo noodles with beef

buildings Time and the bandit
WHILE Islamic Cairo has been the most visible site of architectural damage, more modern buildings have also suffered from the ravages of time or active degradation, writes. Ahmed Abdel-Gawwad.

Till death do us part
Recently we examined the options open to victims of rape. This week, Mariz Tadros reports that convicted rapists will no longer be able to choose between marriage and death, if a new draft law is passed by the People's Assembly