Al-Ahram Weekly
9 - 15 December 1999 Issue No. 459
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Straws in the wind
The crisis caused by the "petition of 20" may have passed, but not its significance. Graham Usher in Jerusalem reports on the ongoing fall-out from the most savage Palestinian criticism yet of their national authority and "symbol"
Al-Mahdi changes allies
As the Sudanese opposition starts a crucial meeting this week in the Ugandan capital Kampala, there are signs of a split in the National Democratic Alliance. Mohamed Khaled and Dina Ezzat report
Women's rights bargained away
Last week's failure by the Kuwaiti parliament to pass a bill granting political rights to women had mixed motives, writes Sherine Bahaa
Conservatives win battle, but the war goes on
Iran's conservative clergy bagged their biggest catch yet; a special clerical court sentenced prominent reformist Abdullah Nouri to a harsh five year imprisonment. Azadeh Moaveni examines the ramifications
