Al-Ahram Weekly

Travel Supplement

Charm: discreet and brazen
Five-star resorts, fabulous snorkelling and Italian masseurs -- Fatemah Farag tells (almost) all that Sharm Al-Sheikh has to offer

Colour me beautiful
Sunshine, clear, azure waters, colourful reefs, fish, a turtle and a history lesson to boot. Al-Ahram Weekly heads out to the Straits of Tiran

Sharm Al-Sheikh: The ins and outs

Riding the dunes
The camel has found a new -- and noisy -- competitor in Sharm Al-Sheikh. Al-Ahram Weekly and Company check out the latest in desert transport

A THOUSAND AND ONE FISH
Ras Mohamed, declared a national reserve in 1983, became Egypt's first marine national park in 1989 --read on--

New coffers for old treasures
The new tourist bazaar in Al-Fustat is an attempt to revive traditional crafts and attract more visitors to Old Cairo. Rehab Saad toured the complex to see what it had to offer, but found the plan still incomplete

Dig days
The snake and the canary
By Zahi Hawwas

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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 10 - 16 May 2001 Issue No.533
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