Al-Ahram Weekly
18 - 24 November 1999 Issue No. 456
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Picture perfect AL-AHRAM Organisation issued a new book this week entitled Mubarak: The Man, the Human Being and the Journey -- a photo record. The 336-page book compiles rare and previously unpublished photographs depicting President Hosni Mubarak's public and private life.
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BILATERAL BOOST
President Hosni Mubarak met on Tuesday with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal for talks on bilateral relations, the Middle East peace process and the situation in the Gulf. --read on--
Outlining a new agenda
President Mubarak has pledged that integrity will be the hallmark of next year's parliamentary elections, and that the aim of the new government should be a doubling of exports, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
The spirit of law
Egypt hosted a regional Arab conference to commemorate the golden jubilee of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Dahlia Hammouda reports
Message to humanity
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during a visit to Cairo, spoke to Fatemah FaragPollution on trial
The dark cloud hanging over Cairo has almost dissipated, but the reasons for its appearance remain shrouded in mystery. Mariz Tadros listens to the experts
'What will be the shape of the Arab world?'s
The Middle East may tolerate two nuclear states, but never one. Dina Ezzat listened as Foreign Minister Amr Moussa discussed future scenarios in the region
FRENCH BACKING: France has made public its support for Egyptian efforts to promote national reconciliation in Sudan despite US criticism of the joint Egyptian-Libyan initiative. Following a meeting with Foreign Minister Amr Moussa in Cairo on Saturday, the French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said that "from the point of view of France, Egypt's interest in Sudan is legitimate and useful". --read on--
Obituary
Nisf El-Dunia in mourning
Yet another road accident has claimed the life of one of Al-Ahram's most dynamic journalists
From the Red to the Med
The Suez Canal has run through Egypt's contemporary history like a timeline for the past 130 years. Today, the Canal Authority's chairman speaks to Amira Ibrahim about the future of the waterway
More MPs to lose immunity
The People's Assembly and Shura Council have received fresh requests to drop the immunity of members so that alleged financial malpractices can be investigated, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Protecting the profession
At a sit-in at the Press Syndicate headquarters this week, journalists resolved to escalate their struggle for press freedom. Mona El-Nahhas reports
