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28 March - 3 April 2002
Issue No.579
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Alexandria is a beehive of activity, as it eagerly awaits the official inauguration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina next month. Fatemah Farag looks on as copies of invaluable documents, photos, lithographs and paintings related to the Suez Canal under French administration arrive in the city; and follows the choppy course of a reed boat designed to unravel the mysteries of prehistoric navigation

Reclaiming history
Egypt and France find in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina a site in which to preserve their common heritage
Magical mystery tour
Step pyramids on the Canary Islands, a reed boat and a biology teacher with a maritime passion

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