Al-Ahram Weekly Online   1 - 7 December 2005
Issue No. 771
Heritage 		 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
St Catherine's Monastery in Sinai is famed for its unique collection of manuscripts. Jill Kamil looks into the wealth of the scriptorium and the plan to update its literary wealth
The importance of the written word
A spirit of religious tolerance

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