Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
13 - 19 January 2000
Issue No. 464
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Ibrahim Nafie
Ibrahim Nafie:
The progress of peace

Gamil Mattar
Gamil Mattar:
Mid-life crisis in the Arab world

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
Putin's impossible equation

Salaheddin Hafez
Salaheddin Hafez:
Back to life

Profile by
Shaden Shehab


20th century Special issue
50 Years of Dispossession The complete archive of the
Special pages commemorating
50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the State of Israel

Eid at Giza Zoo NECK AND NECK: Eid Al-Fitr and Eastern Christmas brought throngs to the Giza Zoo.The crowds may have intimidated some of its more retiring denizens, but the giraffe wasn't complaining -- it accepted snacks and affectionate outbursts with equanimity --read on--

Counting the cost
If Ehud Barak returned to Israel relatively upbeat about the talks with Syria, it is because he knows the prize for peace goes far beyond Israel's mere withdrawal from the Golan Heights and southern Lebanon. Graham Usher in Jerusalem totes up the bill

And on the sixth day...
Civil servants and daily commuters have good reason to celebrate: Thursday will continue to be a day off throughout the year. Mariz Tadros observes general elation

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

The tide is turning?
Chechen forces launched a valiant counterattack against the Russian army, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from Moscow

Keeping up a gentle simmer
Unlike other emerging markets, the Egyptian stock exchange has not been overheated by foreign capital inflows, writes Yasser Sobhi

Phantom fellas
Phantom fellas
Setting new precedents for the local industry, winning awards left, right and centre, but will Osama Fawzi and Mustafa Zekri's latest film win audience approval? Mohamed El-Assiouty speaks with the filmmakers
Female As the procedural draft Personal Status law is prepared for presentation to the People's Assembly, Al-Ahram Weekly offers insight into the debates surrounding the law, the difficulties women have encountered in wresting control of their lives from a patriarchal system, and the flexibility that once characterised the legal system in which they manoeuvred
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New leaf
ALGERIAN President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika granted amnesty to fighters of the AIS, the armed wing of the banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), who have observed a truce they declared in October 1997. --read on--

Free media
JORDAN on Tuesday announced it would set up a censorship-free media city near Amman in a bid to attract investors. --read on-


Safaga
Sails about to unfurl
The sails are at half mast, waiting for the start of the Safaga sailing spectacle. Abeer Anwar reports


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