Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

Alexandria of the heart's mind
Alexandria is about to be hit by two million tourists. Keeping ahead of the crowds, Fatemah Farag looks at the current drive to rehabilitate the "bride of the Mediterranean" and finds a contest in which conservation, profit and the demands of a growing population vie for space profit and the demands

A match to the task
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, the governor of Alexandria, Abdel-Salam Mahgoub, makes it clear that the hurdles towards developing this once "bride of the Mediterranean" are formidable. But so is he

Political business
Why would a successful entrepreneur want to play politics? Omayma Abdel-Latif looks into the emerging class of businessmen-politicians

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 7 - 13 June 2001 Issue No.537
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