12 - 18 September 2002 Issue No. 603Heritage Current issuePrevious issueSite map Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Recommend this page Western walls? Tighter security checks, visa complications and fears of discrimination are scaring many Arabs away from heading west. Gihan Shahine examines the impact of the 11 September attacks on Middle Eastern travel "You have been randomly selected by the computer." That is exactly what many Arab tourists to the US are being told when called for closer scrutiny at US airports. "It's ridiculous," snapped Osama Abdel-Tawab, an engineer. Abdel-Tawab visited the US in June to...