Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
17 - 23 September 1998
Issue No.395
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Ross No to bad deals
During his visit to the region, Dennis Ross consulted with President Mubarak on ways to save the faltering peace process, writes Nevine Khalil 		Suzanne

A call for tolerance
It is the weak and the poor who bear the brunt of human rights violations, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak declares at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Nafie
Pursuing press freedom
During a one-day seminar hosted by Al-Ahram, Arab journalists deliberated over the status of press freedom in the region
Obituary:
Lutfi Waked
An officer
and a democrat
 'The dream is still alive'
Twenty-three singers from across the Arab world have teamed up to celebrate the elusive dream of Arab unity. Amira Howeidy tunes in
Qatari broadcast
triggers Egyptian anger
Egyptian security officials say a Qatari satellite channel that interviewed a wanted man contravened an Arab anti-terrorism treaty. Amira Ibrahim reports 		Devil Film triggers
a devil of a controversy
In the continuing controversy over the screening of the The Devil's Advocate, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar has filed two complaints with the Prosecutor-General. Nadia Abul-Magd reports
Telescopic view of a pharaoh's boat
The second royal funeral boat, left in its rock-hewn tomb despite the 1954 excavation of Khufu's first magnificent funeral barge, will soon be visible -- through a telescope. Nevine El-Aref reports