Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
2 - 8 July 1998
Issue No.384
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Preparing the ground after Oslo?
Despite Israel's planned expansion of Jerusalem, Palestinian leader Arafat still seems to be determined to declare a Palestinian state, Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem		 Not the right time
to go home
Israel has rejected an application to allow PLO Foreign Minister Farouk Qaddoumi, an opponent of the Oslo Accords, into Palestinian self-rule territories. Talking to Sherine Bahaa from his Tunis residence, Qaddoumi said he would return to his homeland only when it became really free
Lebanese united over 'historic' swap
Lebanon and Israel carried out a major swap of prisoners and bodies last week, as Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, ushering in a new era in relations between the Lebanese government and Hizbullah
The voice of Sheikh Yassin
Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is finally home. Tarek Hassan writes from Gaza on last-minute difficulties that delayed his return and the future of his relationship with Arafat's PA
The murder of the most outspoken, and possibly the greatest Algerian singer of his generation has brought the Kabylie region to the verge of revolt
'No peace without tamazight'
Amira Howeidy examines the controversial Arabisation Law that has fueled Berber frustrations 		Matoub
The birth of Matoub Lounes
Peter Snowdon and Hamid Lallami reflects on the life and works of a'free man'

All eyes on VX gas
All eyes on VX gasA US army report stands in the way of the promised "light at the end of the tunnel" of anti-Iraq sanctions, which were again renewed by the Security Council

New bottle for old wine
A draft constitution for Sudan was approved last week by an overwhelming majority in a nationwide referendum. But, as Mohamed Khaled writes, this "innovation" is just another way of confirming single-party rule