What does the Iraq crisis have in common with Cairo's traffic problems? More than their apparent intractability, the two issues were the subject of public discussion during the second week of Cairo's 31st book fair. Al-Ahram Weekly was on hand as top politicians and intellectuals rubbed elbows with the book fairing public
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Road to reconciliation
Iraq should have taken advantage of wrongdoing by UNSCOM to ward off American-British military strikes, Osama El-Baz told a Book Fair seminar. Nevine Khalil attended
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'It's all in the laws'
Confronted by questions about the alleged inefficiency of the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs,Tallawi said it will all change once new laws are passed. Mariz Tadros reports
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Quest for traffic cures
While cars, bumper-to-bumper, were battling with pedestrians for space outside the fair, officials inside were addressing the traffic problem at a seminar. Gihan Shahine managed to get there
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Analysing today's economy
The global economy -- what it means and where it's heading -- was the theme of two seminars held at the 31st Cairo International Book Fair. Sherine Abdel-Razek and Shaimaa Labib attended
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Feminists behind their men
At a seminar on feminism speakers stressed the importance of securing men's support for the women's cause. Nadia Abou Al-Magd reports
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Arab times
In his latest book, The Arab Era and the International Future, El-Sayed Yassin argues that the Arabs are clinging to the past and living in backwardness. Nadia Abou Al-Magd attended a discussion of the book
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One for the book
The Kitab fi Garida conference resulted in an excellent, if predictable, list of titles which will appear in the next two years. But there is a surprise in the offing. Youssef Rakha was there
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