2 - 8 August 2001
Issue No.545
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 2 - 8 August 2001 Issue No.545 |
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WEIGHED down with letters "to the editor," a postman in the early 1900s delivers Al-Ahram mail. Today, one of the most popular sections of the paper, and a must-read every Friday morning, is Al-Ahram Mail section, headed by Abdel- Wahab Mutawi'. Readers write asking for advice on everything from marital relations to office politics and current laws. Sifting through thousands of letters, you cannot but read between the lines: the need not just for advice but to be heard -- by other readers and officials. Correspondents write in search of solace during personal grief, for guidance in times fraught with change, as penance when they are burdened with guilt and sometimes simply to vent anger at things they know they cannot change.
"I hate her, but if I divorce her is it fair to my children?"; "A reckless driver killed my only son and was given a suspended sentence. How can the law be considered just? I have bought a gun and will shoot the man who did it myself"; "My husband has done nothing bad to me, but I am in love with another man. What should I do?"; "I am an old woman whose children have grown up and left her. Is there no one who can come and live with me?"; "I write to you my success story so that people in the same circumstances can take courage"; "Please listen to me...." And Al-Ahram listens, publishing what it can so that people can share the experiences of others; and Mutawi' opens his office to many, offering solutions and an attentive ear to the human plight in all its variety.
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