Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
3 - 9 June 1999
Issue No. 432
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

A step for a step
A presidential visit to Israel can do little, replies Ibrahim Nafie if it does not come within a context of positive prospects and improved chances for peace. Those who have suffered the most from Israel's policies cannot be expected to offer Barak a "reward"
Good will measures
To avoid the imminent deadlock in final-status negotiations, writes Henry Siegman, the Arabs must accept that Israel seeks security -- and Israel must acknowledge the need for a viable Palestinian state


Beyond Camp David
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed argues that a reappraisal of what he calls the Camp David approach is now vital for the future of the peace process

A victory for the real issues
Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil honours Amartya Sen

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Not far from the tree
King Abdullah's first visit to Egypt after his father's death was little more than a brief introductory meeting; the second, in contrast, came in response to Egypt's sugges-ion that the Arabs gather to search for common ground and discuss ways of re-uming the peace process,--read on--

The rich get richer
Unemployment, low salaries, poor conditions: despite the drain of wealth from the Third World, the American working class is reaping no benefits. Ibrahim Fathi writes

Editorial
Hard truths for Barak

Naguib Mahfouz
Pandora's box
I have followed the debate con-erning For Bread Alone, by Mo-occan writer Mo-amed Choukri, which was re-oved from the curriculum at the American Uni-ersity in Cairo, supposedly for the explicit sexual scenes it contains. --read on--

Soapbox
Death in a packet

Salah Montasser


This week:
President Mubarak

 

 

 
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