Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
20 - 26 May 1999
Issue No. 430
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Index of issues This week's issue

A sure pilot in rough waters
At critical historical turning points, it is leadership qualities that make a difference in the role a nation can play. Ibrahim Nafie writes

A strategic decision
Labour's victory in Israel has little to do with Labour itself. Mohamed El-Sayed Said discusses the reasons

Beware the first of January
The Chernobyl virus was a forerunner of treats to come. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed describes the scenario of a global computer breakdown on 1 January

From miracle to mirage
Make the poor pay: Ibrahim Fathi examines the fundamental lesson of the ten years since East Europe's "winds of change" ushered in "the end of history"

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Back to the Cold War
As if the world had not seen enough human suffering in the Balkans and Iraq, or in the images of tens of thousands of civilians fleeing smart and stupid bombs alike, the assault on human reason is now underway --read on--

Editorial
No such thing as easy

Naguib Mahfouz
Time for change
The impact of Israeli policies on the peace process in recent years has been purely destructive. During his time in office, Netanyahu was an example of what any statesman worthy of the name should not do --read on--

Soapbox
Happy endings

Salwa Bakr


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