Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
5 - 11 November 1998
Issue No.402
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'Land-for-security' slammed
Presidents Mubarak and Assad held summit consultations on Middle East developments in Sharm Al-Sheikh. Nevine Khalil reports from the Red Sea resort 		Mubarak and Assad
Sid
'The identity we assume'
Prominent Egyptian political writer and columnist Mohamed Sid-Ahmed was awarded this week the French Légion d'Honneur. 		One group, many voices
Ten jailed leaders of the Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya have renewed a year-old appeal to their followers to end all forms of violence. But as Khaled Dawoud reports, the group's expatriate leaders continue to reject the call
The crackdown on the Egyptian Islamist movement continues. Jailan Halawi reviews developments

Military trial for bombing suspects
Extradition by Ecuador
Clashes and clampdowns

TV with an anti-Egyptian message?
Despite denials by officials of the Qatar-based news channel, Al-Jazziera, many viewers believe its programmes have an anti-Egyptian slant. Shaden Shehab watched the programmes and gauged the reactions

Waiting for the funeral
The Liberal Party, as Nadia Abou Al-Magd reports, continues to be torn by strife, with as many as nine men claiming the vacant leader's post

Palace
 'A case of massive negligence'
Encroachment on Islamic monuments and their use as administrative buildings are threatening the national heritage. Nevine El-Aref reports

Closer to justice?
Nurse Aida Noureddin has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour after she was convicted of second-degree murder by an Alexandria court. Fatemah Farag reports 		Sidarous Obituary:
First of her kind
Hilana Sidarous is best known as Egypt's first female doctor, but many mothers remember her for having brought thousands of babies into the world