Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
10 - 16 December 1998
Issue No.407
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map
Waiting for Clinton
Statehood takes a backseat and the 4 May deadline blurs as the Palestinian Authority prepares the red carpet for Bill Clinton

'Concrete and positive progress'
President Mubarak's visit to Ankara has been described as the harbinger of improved Arab-Turkish relations. Nevine Khalil reviews the possibilities

Commom interests, common ends
Greater regional cooperation is the only way to secure prosperity and security, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Promoting
a culture of tolerance

Suzanne Mubarak has presided in Paris over an international panel of judges assessing a UNESCO-sponsored children's book contest. Rania Khallaf writes

Globalising
justice
While Northern human rights organisations are celebrating the globalisation of justice in the Pinochet case, the South may be adversely affected, writes Faiza Rady 		Not such a big tent
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke of "positive progress" in the Lockerbie dispute following talks with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. However, writes Rasha Saad, it remains unclear whether this means an end to the 10-year-old tragedy is near

Cancer bombs
A conference held in Baghdad last week reiterated claims that the use of depleted uranium shells by US and British forces during the 1991 Gulf War has led to an increase in cancer cases in Iraq, writes Al-Ahram Weekly's special correspondent

Said
West Bank diary
Edward Said

Sid
The opening shot in the water war
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Close up
Fifty years of human rights
Salama A. Salama

Reflections
A very human right
Hani Shukrallah

  • Libyan sit-in
  • Cuts deferred
  • Crisis making
  • Yassin strike
  • Living a myth

    • Egypt in Hollywood Egypt in Hollywood
    THE PREMIERE of Cecil B DeMille's silent classic, The Ten Commandments, opened the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in 1923. --read on--

     

    Suzanne Mubarak Village Galal Nassar paints a poignant picture of post-war life in Bosnia. A ray of hope, though, pierces through the grim realities. Egypt played no small part in the reconstruction of the war-torn Balkan country, reinforcing the historic ties between Egypt an Bosnia

    The cry of Bosnia
    Man with a mission
    What about the children?

    The winner takes it all
    Asian crisis? Well not as far as cinema is concerned, writes Khairiya El-Beshlawi

    Fifty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amira Howeidy considers the place of activist groups in Egyptian society

    Mightier than the sword?
    Balancing rights and duties

    Just wait till next time
    Feigning the fantastic
    A kind of paradise
    Fabricated richness