5 - 11 September 2002
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Quandaries of an urban millennium: Al-Ahram Weekly opens the file of housing in Egypt
The right to a roof
Last week's earthquake brought to the forefront, once again, the country's seemingly intractable housing crisis. Fatemah Farag sums up the agenda

Old rents, new hardships
A law for kicking out tenants or one that would bring justice to all? Dena Rashed investigates a bill proposed to modernise the "old rents" system

Mortgage law in slow motion
Will the new mortgage finance law make home ownership more than a dream? Niveen Wahish examines the prospects

Poor housing
In theory, the mortgage law is supposed to make home-ownership accessible to the poor -- people like Tarek, a tiler.--read on--

Promised cities
Amira El-Noshokaty reports from the dark side of the moon


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