Arabic News Front Page for 8/2/1997
Today's Headlines
- Al-Sayoph sings Uruk's Song
"Uruk's Song" is a new book of poetry written by Iraqi poet, Adnan al-Sayoph, who lived amidst the catastrophes of wars in his homeland Iraq. Iraq, Culture, 8/2/1997 - Mummification mystery may finally be unraveled
An Egyptian citizen from Edfu, upper Egypt, claims to have finally found the mummification secret. Egypt, Culture, 8/2/1997 - Archeological team unearths gates, clues to history of Tel Basta
The limestone gates range between one to two meters high, while one of them bears inscriptions in the ancient Egyptian language. Egypt, Culture, 8/2/1997 - Informal relations between Egypt and Malaysia have come a long way
Malaysian students go to the West to study technical science, while in Egypt they come mainly to Al-Azhar for religious studies and Islamic sciences Egypt-Malaysia, Religion, 8/2/1997