Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
29 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1998
Issue No.401
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On the seventh day
One week after signing the Wye Plantation agreement, Khaled Amayreh, in Hebron, assesses Palestinian feelings on the ground

Naguib Mahfouz
Edward Said
Salama A. Salama
Mohamed Sid Ahmed
Salah Montasser
Abdel-Azim Hammad

Nafie
The strains of war
Ibrahim Nafie

Tank
Suez's sacrifices

Duchamp
Nigel Ryan:
From Corot to Picasso

Analysis & reports:
London
Graham Usher
Washington
Hoda Tewfik
Moscow
Abdel-Malik Khalil
Damascus
Atef Saqr
 Beirut
Zeina Khodr
Amman
Lola Al-Kilani
Cairo
Khaled Dawoud, Dina Ezzat, Nevine Khalil, Sherine Bahaa
Taha A long shadow
Taha Hussein may have died 25 years ago today, but his legacy continues to inspire heated debate. Rania Khallaf reports on the latest arguments
New anti-terrorism strategy
A new declaration adopted by Interpol will help combat terrorism and other forms of organised crime. Jailan Halawi reports
Sand, sun and first service
Pyramids PlateauTomorrow at 4 o'clock, four of the world's most powerful women tennis players will make history when they line up on the Pyramids Plateau for the first Al-Ahram MobiNil Tennis Exhibition Tournament. The four players, including world no 4 Spaniard Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, no 13 Russian Anna Kournikova, no 57 Olga Barabanschikova and no 72 Maria Sanchez-Lopez, have already arrived in Cairo.