Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

		Al-Ahram Weekly 15 - 21 June 2000 Issue No. 486
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The architecture of the global medina
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur are the tallest buildings in the world. Using its architectural symbolism as a metaphor for wider social issues, Marc Munro argues that the design of this structure presents a positive challenge to the notion of Islamic identity

Digging up the garden
Yesterday, exactly two centuries had passed since Soliman El-Halabi sprang out of the bushes in the garden of Azbakiya, and was propelled into history. Did he climb on stage willingly, dagger in hand, to assassinate General Kléber, the commander of the French troops occupying Egypt? Or was he dragged kicking and screaming out of anonymity? Pascale Ghazaleh sifts through the evidence