Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
22 - 28 April 1999
Issue No. 426
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Index of issues This week's issue

Beyond the Pacific rim
Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil seeks sources of stability in a changing world

Democracy against hegemony
There can be no question of human rights and self-determination, writes Samir Amin, as long as the US's iron fist continues to enforce its economic preponderance

The 'Egypt 2020' project
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the methodology of the preliminary paper presented by Cairo's Bureau of the Third World Forum on Egypt's future in the first two decades of the 21st century

Mediaeval animosities
Gamil Mattar digs for the roots of the most recent clash of civilisations

Victory for all
During his long career, writes Salah Montasser, the Libyan president has been more accustomed to creating tension than to defusing it. His most recent incarnation, however, has been as a contributor to world peace

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
NATO's loss
With the war in the Balkans entering its fifth week, and despite NATO's success in eliminating most of its strategic targets, it has earned only a propaganda victory --read on--

Editorial
Israel's Milosevic
Israel's reoccupation of Arnoun in south Lebanon last week should not be dismissed as yet another of Netanyahu's pathetic attempts to confirm his reputation as a hard-liner --read on--

Naguib Mahfouz
Millennial faith
Will the coming century be marked by more world wars like those that wreaked devastation on an unprecedented scale during our time? --read on--

Soapbox
The wrongs
of the right

Kamel Zoheiri


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