TV
channels not for sale
There will be no privatisation of satellite television channels,
but as Hanan Sabra finds out, privately-owned and -run channels
are under consideration
Breaking
the chains
A team of young mentally-handicapped athletes was honoured last
week for their achievements in sports, Dahlia Hammouda reports
Questions
of personal status
A draft law related to personal status litigation has revived the
controversy of whether the emancipation of women or safeguarding
the family should have priority. Mariz Tadros gauges the
reactions
Businesswoman
faces extradition
Aleyya El-Ayyouti, a banker who fled the country in June to dodge
trial for financial malpractices, has been arrested by the Interpol
in France. Gamal Essam El-Din reports |
AL-AHRAM'S LOSS: Our
dear colleague Samia El-Guindi, deputy managing editor of Al-Ahram
and chief of the newspaper's foreign news features department, died
last Thursday following a sudden heart attack. She was 52. She will
be sorely missed by the staff of Al-Ahram Weekly who extend their
most heartfelt condolences to her family. --read on-- |