Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
20 - 26 July 2000
Issue No. 491
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Al-Sillin In search of serenity
Feeling stressed out? A tranquil turn around the grounds of Al-Sillin natural spring in Fayoum will soothe your nerves, writes Reham El-Adawi

Down and out in Dahab
Who needs a five-star-studded holiday when you can go for gold? In Dahab, Fatemah Farag uncovers South Sinai's diamond in the rough, taking time off to swim with a dolphin and spend a night beneath the desert stars. Thomas Hartwell captures it on film

--see photo caption--
Ramez the first
Peter Snowdon finds history in the making

The ins and outs
Dahab is an experience and everything from getting there to getting the most out of your trip is part of it. --read on--

Romancing the dolphin
In her pod she might have been nobody, but in Nuweiba she reigns queen
Does the body good
What's that? All the pretty coral driving you numb with boredom? It's the desert you want, and there's plenty of it a few steps beyond Dahab's sparkling waters
WORLDS APART:
Experts in Dahab estimate that there are approximately 10,000 Bedouin shepherds in the south of Sinai, but these poorer sectors of Bedouin society enjoy almost no government support.

 
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