Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
5 - 11 August 1999
Issue No. 441
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

An end to all ambivalence
Less than 72 hours after forming his government, the new Israeli prime minister left to Egypt. Ibrahim Nafie examines the implications
Refusal to surrender quietly
Dispossession remains a reality for the overwhelming majority of Palestinians, writes Edward Said. Their voices will be heard
Between hope and the abyss
How can the Palestinians step back from the edge of the abyss? Through grass-roots empowerment, writes Abdel-Jawwad Saleh
On state legitimacy
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed analyses how perceptions on legitimacy are evolving with Egypt's transformation from a 'revolutionary' to a 'constitutional' state

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Procrastinate and incorporate
In less than two weeks, Barak has swung from "peace of the brave" to "peace of the greedy", or at best "peace of the deaf". --read on--

Editorial
A crisis in the making?

Naguib Mahfouz
Life on the pitch
As a veteran football fan, I followed the Egypt-Saudi Arabia match in Mexico with some interest. First, I felt we really should congratulate the Saudi Arabian team on their performance. --read on--

Soapbox
Time for pluralism

Salah Issa


This week:
King Mohamed VI

 

 

 
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