Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
20 - 26 August 1998
Issue No.391
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Explosive situations
After a deadlock that has persisted for 18 months, the peace process continues to be plagued by Israeli intransigence, writes Nevine Khalil 		Mubarak
 Mubarak pledged that Egypt will pursue the Franco-Egyptian initiative during the talks with Arafat on Tuesday
award Champion of tolerance honoured

Mrs Suzanne Mubarak has been awarded the 1998 Prize for Tolerance by the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Magda Mhanna in Salzburg and Rania Khallaf in Cairo report

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Hope for refugee

AUC wants film banned

Murad Liberals fight
over succession

The death of Liberal Party leader Mustafa Kamel Murad has intensified an already fierce battle for succession in the tiny group. Nadia Abul-Magd watches the fracas

Green expectations

After a three-year hiatus the Egyptian Green Party has great ambitions that may prove difficult to achieve, as Sherine Nasr found out

Four-hour detention:
A misunderstanding?
Was the brief arrest of a human rights activist related to the release of an EOHR report? Fatemah Farag seeks an answer 		Grounded before take-off
The second issue of Alf-Leila, like the first, never made it to the newsstands after it ran into trouble with the censors. As Amira Howeidy reports, this may seal the fate of the newspaper
Historical bypass
Archaeological finds unearthed by workers digging a tunnel below Al-Azhar Street have sparked a controversy, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif 		Heat wave dampens
shopping festival
Was the tourism and shopping festival successful? Rehab Saad provides a cautious yes