Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
20 - 26 January 2000
Issue No. 465
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

Ibrahim Nafie
Ibrahim Nafie:
A spate of ruinous rumours

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
A no win situation

Mohamed Hakki
Mohamed Hakki:
Putting faith in friendship

Doreid Laham
Doreid Laham:
The tragedy of laughter

Profile by
Nadia Abou El-Magd


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

High Dam
OPENING THE FLOODGATES:
Abdel-Hadi El-Gazzar's portrayal of the High Dam may be seen as a deliberately over-the-top image of totalitarian ambitions; others prefer to see it as an expression of the awe aroused by Gamal Abdel-Nasser's brainchild. In either case, the sheer grandeur of the project cannot be denied. --read on--

Intertwining tracks
Ehud Barak made a good show of juggling the Palestinian and Syrian "balls" of the peace process. But, as Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem, the balls are starting to slip

Much ado about the flu
Precautions include a moratorium on kissing, hand-shaking and exposure to cold air. Vaccination against flu is also recommended -- or is it, wonders Mariz Tadros

Roosters' wrath
Although it has gained the tentative approval of the People's Assembly, a bill intended to facilitate litigation in personal status disputes has been causing shock waves. Mariz Tadros gauges the reactions

Black anniversary
War and nine years of economic seige have devastated Iraq. With the US, the UN and Saddam Hussein all denying responsibility, Salah Hemeid writes on this darkest of commemorations

Of caucuses and primaries
Countdown to Iowa and New Hampshire, warns James Zogby

Labourers
The faces behind the numbers

Are there now more jobs or fewer jobs? Are they better jobs than could be found before, or worse? Al-Ahram Weekly investigates the human aspect of statistics on the labour market
Not so different after all
Out of love, fear or shame, many families hide their children. The reason? They have Down's Syndrome. As Yasmine El-Rashidi discovers, however, difference doesn't always mean disability

 
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Faltering peace
EN ROUTE to Washington, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat stopped over in Cairo yesterday for brief talks with President Hosni Mubarak.
--read on--


African Nations Cup Desperate defence of the cup
Egyptian fans are crossing their fingers but expecting the worst from the reigning African champions. Inas Mazhar investigates
Factfile Line-up
Team profiles


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Black and white
Youssef Rakha deciphers Nabil Tag's magic inscriptions


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