Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

Winners and sore losers?
A million pounds, a dashing presenter and a religious controversy are the ingredients of the most-talked-about TV show in town. Dena Rashed switches on

Keeping it clean
How safe is the water you're drinking? Probably not safe enough. Amira El-Noshokaty investigates the risks you take with every sip

Down the tracks of time
One hundred and fifty years ago to the day, Khedive Abbas Hilmi I, the viceroy of Egypt, signed the contract that gave the country its first railway line. It gave it much more. Fatemah Farag buys a return ticket to 12 July, 1851

Manning the engine
Anniversary celebrations usually spotlight erstwhile kings and current ministers. Al-Ahram Weekly takes time to remember the workers who gave the railway life

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 12 - 18 July 2001 Issue No.542
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