| For as long as there has been a Nile there has been a flood and
that, as schoolchildren the world over know, is a long time
indeed. But with climactic change, a record-breaking flood for
the fourth year running, ever-growing demands from a
burgeoning population and the steady politicisation of water, the
most valuable of commodities, management of the Nile has
become an arena for heated controversy. The coming of the
flood remains a certainty: who does what with the results looks
increasingly less certain. Al-Ahram Weekly celebrates the
annual inundation with one of our own -- three pages exploring
the implications of current policy, past and possible future
scenarios for the management of Egypt's single most important
resource, and an examination of their overwhelming influence on
the quality of life of those who inhabit the river's banks |
 Stream of consciousness
As the Nile flood reaches record levels for the fourth year running, Fatemah Farag wonders whether there is too much water or too little
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 Solving the riddle of the Nile
If this year's Nile flood is as high as predicted it will be the fourth time in as many years that the flood has exceeded its normal levels.
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 Managing turbulent waters
In an exclusive interview, Mahmoud Abu Zied, minister of public works and water resources, talks to Fatemah Farag about the heritage of the past, current challenges and future potentials
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