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Al-Ahram Weekly 30 Dec. 1999 - 5 Jan. 2000 Issue No. 462 
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
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| 20th century Special issue | |||
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| SAVAGERY AND SANITY
clockwise from top left: Gandhi; Hitler; Hiroshima; the Berlin Wall comes down; Bosnia; Guernica; Seattle; Sabra and Shatila; Auschwitz.
Centre: Nasser and Che in Cairo
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| A short guide to 20th-century Egypt Millenarian tunes This century has witnessed struggle and liberation, war and peace, glowing triumphs and crushing defeats. How to sum it all up? In the following pages, Al-Ahram Weekly offers one interpretation of what the century has meant, for Egypt and the Egyptians. Below, we reflect on the trends that have shaped the past 100 years --and the crucial gaps in the telling of the story
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| Editorial: A brutal, brilliant century |
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| The clash of the calendars Why not celebrate the new year at the Pyramids? Then again, why not stay home? The millennium doesn't actually start until next year, anyway. Pascale Ghazaleh curls up with a good book |
| Not a happy ending Globalisation and the market were celebrated as 'the end of history' at the beginning of this century, just as they are being celebrated today, at its conclusion. This is not a case of history repeating itself, however, writes Samir Amin. And capitalism's contradictions are sharper today than ever before |
| Science, globalisation and the social dimension Will science liberate, or destroy us in the coming millennium? Mohamed Sid-Ahmed ponders the question |
| Past over present Africa struggles to look towards the 21st century, but the appalling scars left by its brutal past slavery and colonialism --coupled with the bitter disappointment over the post-independence promise, will take a long time to heal. Gamal Nkrumah reviews the history of 20th century Africa |
| Feminism in a nationalist century The 20th century has been one full of national and social challenges. Margot Badran maps Egyptian women's struggle for liberation |
| A betrayal of history As this century comes to a close, Fayza Hassan pores over travelogues, diaries, memoirs and journals, unravelling the threads that have led so many tourists and travellers, diplomats and anthropologists to Egypt in the past hundred years |
| Of things discovered in the deep Egyptian men of letters of the century Sketches by George Bahgory written by Youssef Rakha |
| Samir Farid: Lights, camera... ... retrospection |
| Youssef Rakha: Images of the idle city Coffee shops, smoke and a breath of fresh air |
| Gomaa: A century in cartoons |
| Portraits of the century by Bahgory |
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Al-Ahram: A Diwan of contemporary life (318) 'Egypt is synonymous with the Nile' |
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