Close up A silenced appeal
Salama A. Salama
Ignored by the media, the appeal issued by eight non-nuclear states, including Egypt, calling upon India, Pakistan and Israel to destroy their nuclear capabilities, went unheard. --read on--

Globalising culture: a non-starter?
In a seminar on globalisation which began in Lyon yesterday, Mohamed Sid-Ahmed has been invited to present a paper on globalism in the field of culture. Al-Ahram Weekly reproduces excerpts of his presentation in two instalments

Tainted by association
Will Clinton be leaving the White House before November? Gamil Matar reads the signs

Succeeding where we failed
What can the Franco-Egyptian initiative achieve? Hassan Nafaa suggests an alternative

Misconstrued and misinterpreted
Two weeks ago, Radwa Ashour criticised the Cairo Peace Society for the statement it issued jointly with the Israeli Peace Now movement. Salah Bassiouni, a leading member of the CPS, mounts a counter-attack