Posted on: Sunday, 20 July 2008, 03:00 CDT By Golia, Maria Maria Golia reports from Cairo WHEN WINTER COMES to the northern lands, people steel themselves for long months of darkness, damp and bitter cold. The challenges of conducting one's business in the midst of irritating drizzle or pelting rain include sickness, depression and stiffheating bills. The sun's first springtime appearance is greeted with joyous relief and a great deal of disrobing in public parks, as vitamin-D deprived city-dwellers attempt to soak up the precious rays. In places like Egypt, the situation is just the opposite. It is summer that tests people's health and endurance; inescapable heat, water shortages, and these days, unaffordable basic food commodities, make for a scenario reminiscent of science fiction films about survival on an arid,...
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