Mrs. Mubarak to open Arab intellectual forum

Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak is to open the Arab intellectual forum on Saturday, with 20 Arab states participating in the two-day event. Entitled Arab Woman And Science And Technology, the forum is to shed a light on the role of women in one of the key modern areas.

The links of women to science and technology would be traced from the time of spinning wheels to that of computers.