Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
25 February - 3 March 1999
Issue No. 418
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Back issues Current issue

Nafie Ibrahim Nafie:
Understanding Europe

Jordan
Jordan after Hussein

Europe
Trouble along the third way


El-Tohami
Yassin El-Tohami
Crucial dates
inEurope President Mubarak's trip to Europe this week came at a critical moment for the road to Middle East peace. Nevine Khalil reports from Bonn

Bilateral momentum
President Mubarak visited Egypt's top two European economic partners this week. Nevine Khalil looks at Cairo's bilateral commercial relations with Italy and Germany

Dealing with the deadline
While Yasser Arafat deliberates whether or not to declare a Palestinian state by 4 May, Cairo too is engaged in some delicate calculations. Dina Ezzat dissects the remains of a once glorious "peace process"

Birds of a feather
Kurds The abduction of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has released tremors far beyond the battleground of eastern Anatolia, Graham Usher writes from London
Preserving the balance
In an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdel-Ilah Al-Khatib said he expected no changes in Jordan's foreign policy following the death of King Hussein. He also hoped for a "face-saving formula" ahead of 4 May when the Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement expires

Shrouded in smoke
The government does not want to promote smoking -- or does it? Fatemah Farag picks her way through the political fog surrounding cigarettes

 
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