Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
14 - 20 October 1999
Issue No. 451
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

Too many mouths to feed?
Six billion people on the planet? Faisal Kutty doesn't see a problem
Coming up with the right formula
Mohamed El-Sayed Said finds no textbook answers
The technological challenge
Egypt's new cabinet is giving top priority to developing the country's technological capabilities. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the difficulties confronting such an endeavour
Globalising the political debate
Amr El-Shobki traces the outlines of a new international discourse

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
A song and dance
The international music festival organised to eradicate world hunger and launched simultaneously from London, New York and Geneva drew an audience of several million via Internet, television and radio: a veritable case study in the achievements and prospects of communication technology. --read on--

Editorial
No more land,
no more peace

Naguib Mahfouz
Seasons of change
Two exceptional circumstances have accompanied the appointment of Atef Ebeid to his new post as prime minister. --read on--

Soapbox
A minor quake

Salah Montasser


This week:
Atef Ebeid

 

 

 
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