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4 - 10 January 2001
Issue No.515
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Shaiq
Not quite a sylvan scene
Nigel Ryan visits the palm groves. And if siblings are in short supply, there are at least plenty of fronds 		Sitting it out
By Nigel Ryan

Plain talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

At just the right angle
David Blake doffs his hat to Vienna

Words of wisdom
Amina Elbendary looks into traditional Egyptian proverbs and

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