16 - 22 August 2001
Issue No.547
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 16 - 22 August 2001 Issue No.547 |
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 Hot summer deals It's summer time, and travelling is easy -- Egyptian resorts are offering lots of attractive package deals for holiday makers. Rehab Saad guides you through the best summer bargains |
 "What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well" These words by the famous 20th-century French writer Antoine Saint Exupery from the English translation of his novel ...read on... |
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Centuries of pilgrimage The annual mulid (feast day) commemorating the visit of the Holy Family to the village of Al-Garnus is celebrated towards the end of August. Samir Naoum visited the site in anticipation of the occasion to discover that the Church of the Holy Virgin is under restoration |
Dig days The Lord Carnarvon of today I met him 15 years ago in Philadelphia, when I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. He was in the midst of a deep and long-lasting love affair with Egypt. ...read on... |
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