Al-Ahram Weekly | Features

It is back to school for the nations children starting 15 September. Al-Ahram Weekly takes the occasion to ask how students secure their seats, what they will learn and how safe are their classrooms

Hitting the books
After 10 years of curriculum reform, how far have we come, asks Mariz Tadros

Dad in the kitchen?
Women's rights, addiction, the work ethic, child labour, sanitation, national unity, tourism, traffic awareness: what do they all have in common? They are just some of 18 social awareness topics that the Ministry of Education seeks to integrate into primary and preparatory level school books, writes Mariz tadros.

Dangerous minds
Has Egypt begun to import the West's 'culture of violence'? Alaa Shahine looks at the alarming increase in school violence

Tonight it could be you
For more than fifty years Arab citizens of Israel have been grappling with Israel's own brand of religious, social and political apartheid. Jenny Jobbins looks into their plight

Making the cut
Dena Rashed finds that parents will do anything to start their kids off on the right foot

Back to school
When it comes to ensuring their children learn their lessons, parents are starting to feel like they are going to school all over again. But are they doing the right thing? Mariz Tadros investigates

Recommend this page

		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 13 - 19 September 2001 Issue No.551
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875		Current issue \| Previous issue \| Site map