Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
28 Jan. - 3 Feb. 1999
Issue No. 414
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Back issues Current issue

Delusions of grandeur
Iraq squanders yet more opportunities. So what's new, asks Ibrahim Nafie

Watch and wait
Gamil Mattar sees the tide turning in Israel -- and the Arab world

The nuclear impasse
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed argues that Saddam Hussein will not only be remembered as one of the last totalitarian rulers of the 20th century, but might also be seen as a trailblazer on a matter expected to become central in the next century

An opportunity to be seized
May is only a few months away. John Whitbeck hopes Yasser Arafat can keep his nerve -- and his promise -- to announce that Palestine exists

Cash, campaigning and quite a few cooks
The Israeli elections are engaging the efforts of US policy-makers and large donations from wealthy American Zionists. James Zogby finds the outcome difficult to predict

Close up
Thrones and nations

The event that gripped the Arab world's attention last week was not the meeting of Arab foreign ministers, but rather the return of King Hussein of Jordan --read on--

Editorial
The message is clear

Naguib Mahfouz
The world of the critic
I was very sad to learn of the death of Ali El-Ra'i, a great literary critic. He was always reputed for his objectivity and professional integrity --read on--

Soapbox
An experiment in freedom

Nasser Abdel-Moneim


This week:
Prince Abdullah
 

 

 

 
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