Al-Ahram Weekly

The spirit of Omdurman
The Sudanese capital Khartoum is where the Blue Nile (Bahr El-Asarco) meets the White Nile (Bahr El-Abiad). It is also a meeting place for people, and for an exchange of goods and culture. It is interesting, exciting, it defies superlatives writes Khaled El-Fiqi, who captured its spirit with his lens

Mint tea and empathy
It's house guest season, when many of us find ourselves with visitors who need to be amused. After a day's sightseeing what is left for those warm summer evenings? Aline Kazandjian walked along Muizz El-Din Street and Jenny Jobbins took a felucca, while Al-Ahram Weekly found the Ceramics Museum is open in the evening

The china syndrome
I always liked the Luxor Museum for its opening hours: an after-dinner stroll through the cool hall is such an easy end to a hard day's sightseeing, so I was glad to find Cairo's Museum of Islamic Ceramics keeps late hours. --red on--

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 25 - 31 October 2001 Issue No.557
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