Reporting from the nation of the Nile: a journalist describes approaches to and experiences with coverage of Egypt's water issues.(Reporting on Water) From: Nieman Reports | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Awady, Nadia El- | COPYRIGHT 2005 Harvard University, Nieman Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I first met Ahmed Nasr El-Din, Al-Ahram newspaper's notorious "water man," in Kyoto, Japan during the World Water Forum in March 2003. Dubbed "victor of the Nile" by his colleagues--a play of words on his family name, which literally translated from Arabic is "victor of the religion," Nasr El-Din has been working the Egyptian water beat for the past 15 years. He talks about Egypt's water issues with the expertise and knowledge of the country's top academics and with the zest of a m...