Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
13 - 19 January 2000
Issue No. 464
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President Hosni Mubarak (top left) during Eid prayers last Saturday at the Armed Forces Mosque in Ismailia; while crowds (bottom left) gather outside the Amr Ibn Al-'Aas Mosque in Old Cairo for the same religious ritual; a day earlier Orthodox Christians attended Christmas mass at the Coptic Cathedral to celebrate the birth of Christ; and Prime Minister Atef Ebeid (top right), accompanied by Chairman of the Shura Council Mustafa Kamal Helmi and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, visited Pope Shenouda III to wish him a merry Christmas; on Tuesday Pope Shenouda (bottom right) returned the visit, calling on Sheikh Tantawi to convey good wishes on occasion of the Eid
 
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Can Ebeid deliver?
Analysts are questioning whether the prime minister can deliver on the social welfare promises he made in his first policy statement to parliament. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Experiencing the state
The state has shortcomings and continues to interfere in all aspects of political and social life. Yet some observers insist it should not back off. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports on 100 years of Egyptian political experience as portrayed at a Cairo University conference

A different village
Uneasy calm is said to have been restored to Al-Kosheh. But does this mean things are back to normal? And does normal mean that the causes of the sectarian clashes are over? Nadia Abou El-Magd reports from the scene of tragedy
Reform lobbyists seek stronger backing
The opposition's Political and Constitutional Reform Committee is activating an ambitious agenda for the year 2000. Amira Howeidy reports
Matters of definition
What is a worker? What about a farmer? Gamal Essam El-Din investigates attempts to define and perhaps revise the terms
 F.A.Ghali
Obituary
A hero bid farewell
Fouad Aziz Ghali
(1927 - 2000)

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